Medico
noun, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student. informal
"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt She had travelled with her father as far as the Springs, and both of them were in utter ignorance of the fate which had overtaken the young medico during the journey."
- 2 a licensed medical practitioner wordnet
- 3 a student in medical school wordnet
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More examples"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt She had travelled with her father as far as the Springs, and both of them were in utter ignorance of the fate which had overtaken the young medico during the journey."
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