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Catalan often uses the definite article more than English does. So el veterinari means the veterinarian.
In a full sentence like this, using the article sounds natural because we are referring to a specific person involved in the situation. Leaving it out would usually sound incomplete unless it were a label, heading, or part of a special style.
- el veterinari = the male veterinarian
- la veterinària = the female veterinarian
This is the masculine/feminine pattern of the noun and adjective veterinari / veterinària.
- veterinari = masculine singular
- veterinària = feminine singular
So in this sentence:
- El veterinari = the male veterinarian
- la revisió veterinària = the veterinary check-up / veterinary examination
In the second case, veterinària is feminine because it agrees with revisió, which is a feminine noun.