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diplomate definition

dip·lo·mate (dip′lə māt′)

noun

a doctor who is certified as a specialist by an examining board in a particular branch of medicine

Etymology: diplom(a) + -ate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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