The Emergence Machine

Doctor

abstract · Medicine · Level 7 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A doctor treats illness in the body, which is a complex structure that contains organs and is affected by disease, a condition caused by infection that compromises health.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “doctor” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “doctor”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0DoctorBodyAnimalDiseaseOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesDentistL8SurgeryL8NurseL9DoctorL7DiseaseL5BodyL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Disease L5 (requires)
    Doctors diagnose and treat disease
  • Body L6 (requires)
    A doctor treats illness in the body

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