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# veterinary

«veterinary» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the medical care and treatment of animals: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (veterinary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the medical care and treatment of animals: a veterinary clinic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#m1)

2) Used in the names of jobs and places for animal care: a veterinary nurse, veterinary surgeon, veterinary school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#m2)

3) A veterinary is an animal doctor, also called a vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

It appears in everyday life when a pet is ill or hurt and you go to the veterinary surgery (often just called "the vet's"). In science and careers lessons it names the study of animal health. Phrases: veterinary surgeon (UK), veterinary clinic, veterinary nurse, veterinary medicine, veterinary care.

### examples

- We took the puppy to the veterinary clinic for its injections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x1)
- My aunt is a veterinary nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x2)
- In the UK a vet is officially called a veterinary surgeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x3)
- She wants to study veterinary medicine when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x4)
- The farm animals get regular veterinary care. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x5)
- The veterinary bill for the cat came to 85 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x6)
- Veterinary students learn about horses, dogs, cows and birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x7)
- The next morning the veterinary--that is, the animal doctor--declared that he would be lame for the rest of his life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/#x8)

### note

It is an adjective, not a person: the person is a vet or veterinarian (US) or veterinary surgeon (UK). Spelling and saying trap: vet-er-in-ar-y has five syllables in careful speech, though many people say "vet-rin-ry". "Vet" is the everyday short word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «veterinary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veterinary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.