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Both دكتور and طبيب seem to be interchangeable. As in many other cultures, medical practitioners are usually called 'doctors' in the Arab world, even though they don't necessarily have a doctorate. Please feel free to correct me.
July 1, 2019
I did some more research and it seems that طبيب is used for medical doctor while دكتور is also for people with a doctorate, like how Dr. Is used in English in general
July 1, 2019
In standard arabic Tabib is used for 1. all people who cure other people ( doctor, practitioner, physician,nurse..etc)
Dktoor applies only for people with PhD degree.
In spoken arabic Tabib is used RARELY, we use Dktoor instead of Tabib for both cases
July 8, 2019
