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(Doctor of Philosophy) The highest earned degree awarded in the United States.
Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for the degree Doctor of Philosophy.
Ph.D.: Doctor of Philosophy. (From the New Latin, philosophiae doctor). Ph.D.'s are involved in clinical care (as in clinical psychology), biomedical research (as in the Genome Project), health administration and other areas in medicine.
Philosophiae Doctor; Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy. The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another. —J. Frank Dobie
PhD noun an American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded by a graduate school