Doctor (gen.: doctoris) means teacher in Latin and is an agentive noun derived from http://www.mdbonedocs.com/ the verb docere ('teach'). In French, médecin (doctor, physician) is a contraction of docteur médecin, a direct equivalent of doctor of medicine. In fashionable French idiom, the term toubib, is now a synonym, derived from Arabic طبيب (tabīb, physician).

• In some countries, including the United Kingdom and Ireland, the profession largely regulates itself, with the government affirming the regulating body's authority

• In all countries, the regulating authorities will revoke permission to system in cases of malpractice or serious misconduct.