veterinarian

professional who treats disease, disorder, and injury in animals
Intangible medical_profession Q202883
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Summary

veterinarian is a medical profession[1]. veterinarian ranks in the top 6% of medical profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,284 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation group according to ISCO-08[3], academic degree[4]
  • Subclass of: medical specialist[5], health professional[6]
  • Commons category: Veterinarians[7]
  • Patron saint: Blaise of Sebaste[8]
  • Field of this occupation: veterinary medicine[9], comparative medicine[10], neutering[11], veterinary activities[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Veterinarians[13]
  • ISCO-88 occupation class: 2212[14], 2223[15]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=veterinary[16]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
  • Has list: list of veterinarians[18]
  • Female form of label: بيطرية[19], veterinaria[20], veterinària[21], veterinární lékařka[22], Tierärztin[23], bestokuracistino[24], vétérinaire[25], וטרינרית[26], veterinarino[27], Veterinärin[28], veterinarka[29], лікарка ветеринарної медицини[30], veterinarė[31]
  • Male form of label: Tierarzt[32], veterinarulo[33], Veterinär[34], vétérinaire[35], veterinario[36], veterinaras[37], بيطار[38]

Why It Matters

veterinarian has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] veterinarian is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . International Standard Classification of Occupations. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q139921796. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q139921796. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → medical profession, occupation group according to ISCO-08, academic degree
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy',
    Sitelink count → 80
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: academic degree"
  2. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Armes
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → veterinarians
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: veterinarians, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966829|veterinarians (#289966829)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  4. 16w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0201755-veterinarni-lekari, 0371199-veterinarni-lekarky
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||no, ha, nb */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  5. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0201755-veterinarni-lekari, 0371199-veterinarni-lekarky
    Isco-88 occupation class → 2212, 2223
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0201755-veterinarni-lekari, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  6. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-88 occupation class → 2212, 2223
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Isco-88 occupation class: 2250"
  7. 20w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-88 occupation class → 2212, 2223
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33401|batch #33401]]: fix ISCO-88 statements (1)"
  8. 20w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id → eb6efbb9-9216-4e86-bc3b-de2223cd4667
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33322|batch #33322]]"
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