The state, status, or condition of being a doctor; the collective experience or community of doctors.
From 'doctor' + '-hood' suffix (meaning state or condition), similar to 'childhood,' 'adulthood,' and 'priesthood.' The '-hood' comes from Old English 'hād,' meaning state.
The '-hood' suffix is one of English's most flexible—you can attach it to almost any noun to create an abstract state: doctorhood, priesthood, boyhood, womanhood—it literally transforms concrete things into the quality of being them.
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