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postdoctoral

adj
/pəʊs(t)ˈdɒkt(ə)r(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From post- + doctoral.

  1. derived from doctor
  2. derived from doctour
  3. inherited from doctor
  4. suffixed as doctoral — “doctor + al”
  5. formed as postdoctoral — “post- + doctoral”

Definitions

  1. After receiving a doctorate

    After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.

    • When Dr. Michael Dugan took his first postdoctoral research appointment in 1985, he considered it a steppingstone to a permanent theoretical physics post on a college faculty.

  2. Synonym of postdoc.

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