white coats
Doctors' clinical garb
White coats refers to medical professionals or scientists, named for the traditional white laboratory coats they wear.
The term often carries a note of distance or wariness: I don't trust the white coats.
It can suggest clinical detachment or institutional authority, sometimes used by those skeptical of medical or scientific establishments.
- medicalOf healthcare practice
- anesthesiologistDoctor administering surgical sedation
- cardiologistPhysician treating cardiovascular conditions
- sterilityAbsence of microbes or fertility
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
pocket · pocket protector · patient · professionalism · doctors · clipboard · trust · chart · dermatologist · nurse · lab technician · starched · expertise · intimidation · scientists · hygiene · clinical · clinical trial
white coatsscrubs
Medical staff uniform
surgical scrubs · hospital gowns · street clothes · coveralls · surgical caps
white coatspatients
Those receiving medical treatment
guinea pigs · laypeople · inmates · the public · civilians
white coatsfaith healers
Those claiming supernatural cures
naturopaths · homeopaths · witch doctors · shamans · quacks
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