veterinary

English

Etymology

From Latin veterīnārius, from veterīnus and veterīnae (“cattle;"beasts of burden/of draught"”); compare with veterinarian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtɪnɹi/, /ˈvɛtɹɪnɹi/, /vɛtɪnɛɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛtəɹɪnɛɹi/, /ˈvɛtɹɪnɛɹi/, /ˈvɛtɪnɛɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

veterinary (comparative more veterinary, superlative most veterinary)

1. Of or relating to the medical or surgical treatment of non-human animals, especially domestic and farm animals.

   Max used all his veterinary knowledge to save the goose stuck in the fence.

Derived terms

• agroveterinary
• ethnoveterinary
• nonveterinary
• veterinary hospital
• veterinary medicine
• veterinary science
• veterinary surgeon
• veterinary technician

 

Related terms

• veterinarian

Translations

of or relating to the medical treatment of animals

• Arabic: بَيْطَرِيّ m (bayṭariyy)
• Bulgarian: ветерина́рен (veterináren)
• Catalan: veterinari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獸醫的／兽医的 (shòuyī de)

• Czech: zvěrolékařský, veterinární
• Danish: veterinær
• Dutch: veterinair (nl)
• Finnish: eläinlääketieteellinen
• French: vétérinaire (fr)
• Hindi: पशुचिकित्सा (paśucikitsā)
• Indonesian: kedokteran hewan, veteriner (id)
• Irish: tréidliachta
• Italian: zooiatrico, veterinario (it)
• Kazakh: мал дәрігерлік (mal därıgerlık)
• Malay: veterinar
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veterinær (no)

  Nynorsk: veterinær

• Polish: weterynaryjny (pl)
• Portuguese: veterinário (pt)
• Russian: ветерина́рный (ru) (veterinárnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: veterìnārskī (sh)
• Spanish: veterinario (es)
• Swedish: veterinär (sv), veterinärmedicinsk
• Welsh: milfeddygol (cy)

Noun

veterinary (plural veterinaries)

1. A veterinary surgeon; a veterinarian.
   • 1905, Frances Simpson, Cats for Pleasure and Profit, page 77:

     Mr. Ward may rightly be considered the wizard of the north, for he was the pioneer of "practical pussyology" apart from the regular qualified veterinary who may look with a kind and pitying eye on cats' ailments and infirmities […]

Translations

veterinarian — see veterinarian