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Record 1 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
  • Sociology of Medicine
DEF

An ignorant pretender to medical or surgical skill; one who boasts to have a knowledge of wonderful remedies; an empiric or impostor in medicine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
  • Sociologie de la médecine
DEF

Guérisseur qui se vante de connaître des remèdes miraculeux. [...] Par analogie : Médecin incapable et sans scrupules.

OBS

Par extension : Personne habile qui trompe sur ses qualités réelles et exploite la crédulité d'autrui pour s'enrichir ou s'imposer. Synonyme : imposteur.

Spanish

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