Ph.D.
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noun
- Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university.
- A person who holds a Ph.D. degree.
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Borrowed from New Latin Ph.D., an abbreviation of Philosophiae Doctor (“Doctor of Philosophy”).
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