doctoring
verb
Definitions
To act as a medical doctor to.
Example: Her children doctored her back to health.
To act as a medical doctor.
To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
Example: They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
noun
Definitions
Treatment by a doctor.