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PhD

 noun
     
Related topics: College
PhD British English , Ph.D. American English [countable]
SEC
Doctor of Philosophy
a university degree of a very high level, which involves doing advanced research
PhD in
He's got a PhD in Biochemistry.
Jacqueline Hope, PhD
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