misdoctor

Etymology

From mis- + doctor.

misdoctor means to doctor improperly; to give the wrong medical treatment. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

verb

To doctor improperly; to give the wrong medical treatment.“A decrepit pet woodchuck of mine that had been misdoctored by an officious visitor, lay snugged up in a warm basket near the fireplace, but under cover of darkness got up, squeezed out of a back door and disappeared.”