vet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vet1
▶noun chiefly Brit. a veterinary surgeon. ▶verb (vets, vetting, vetted) check or examine very carefully.
■ Brit. investigate (someone) thoroughly to ensure that they are suitable for a job.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vet2
▶noun N. Amer. informal a veteran.
'vet' also found in these Oxford entries:
AI
- angulate
- anthrax
- artificial insemination
- babesiosis
- balanitis
- blackleg
- bloat
- bluetongue
- bobtail
- bog spavin
- bolus
- bone spavin
- braxy
- broken wind
- brucellosis
- BSE
- bush sickness
- canker
- chestnut
- contagious abortion
- COPD
- cowpox
- crib-biting
- curb
- demodectic mange
- deplume
- desex
- deworm
- distemper
- dock
- doctor
- drench
- drop
- dystocia
- dystrophy
- egg-bound
- encephalopathy
- enzootic
- epizootic
- farcy
- fix
- flea collar
- fly strike
- foot-and-mouth disease
- foot rot
- founder
- fowl pest
- furunculosis
- gape
