单词 | flying doctor |
释义 | > as lemmasflying doctor flying doctor n. a doctor who habitually uses an aeroplane for visiting patients in areas remote from his headquarters; also attributive, as flying doctor service, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > flying or parachuting doctors flying doctor1926 paradoctor1944 1926 Lancet 17 Apr. 824/1 (heading) Flying Doctors. 1932 Lancet 24 Dec. 1396/2 In May 1928 Dr. K. St. Vincent Welch, the first ‘flying doctor’, set up practice at Cloncurry in Queensland. 1944 F. Clune Red Heart 7 There are six Flying Doctor Bases in Arid Australia. 1966 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 13/3 Dr. Anne Spoerry, of the East African Flying Doctor Service. 1971 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/5 The Falkland Islands Government maintains a ‘flying doctor’ service. < as lemmas |
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