1. the practice or profession of being a doctor; medical treatment
2. the act of altering or tampering with something, especially in a deceptive way
Usage: informal

1. present participle of doctor: treating medically
2. present participle of doctor: altering or tampering with something
Usage: informal

Examples

• She spent years studying doctoring before opening her practice.
• The doctoring of the financial records was discovered during the audit.
• He’s been doctoring patients in this town for over twenty years.
• They caught him doctoring the test results.
• Her interest in doctoring began when she volunteered at the hospital.
• The doctoring of the photograph made it look completely different.
• The old country doctor was still doctoring well into his eighties.