Let’s start with doctoror Dr. for short. While the first definition of the word is “a person licensed to practice medicine,” that doesn’t mean you want to take medical advice from anyone wh… See more

While the term physicianis a synonym for doctor, it’s typically used to refer to those who practice general medicine rather than those who perform surgery, aka surgeons. A quack, o… See more

Moving on to initials that carry more weight than a nod from Bugs, let’s look at M.D.s. M.D., which can be used with or without the periods (M.D. or MD) is the designation for a medical d… See more

As for Ph.D., this stands for “doctor of philosophy.” It stems from the Latin term Philosophiae Doctor. You can get a Ph.D. in any number of subjects, from anthropolo… See more