Standard Lemma guide

MD

adj · name · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 M D IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of magnetodynamic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Abbreviation of Maryland: a state of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of Muhammad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Symbol (usually a postnominal) indicating a medical degree; medical physician or medical doctor; doctor(ate) of medicine

Initialism of medical doctor (“medical physician; medical surgeon”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Symbol (usually a postnominal) indicating a medical degree; medical physician or medical doctor; doctor(ate) of medicine

Initialism of doctorate of medicine (“medical degree”) (originally from New Latin medicinae doctor (doctor medicinae).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Medicinae Doctor: Symbol indicating a higher research doctorate in medicine; Doctor of Medicine

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Abbreviation of medical device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Abbreviation of managing director.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of MiniDisc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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10

noun

Meaning 10

Initialism of Marine detachment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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11

noun

Meaning 11

Abbreviation of magnetodynamics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Abbreviation of macular degeneration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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13

noun

Meaning 13

a doctor's degree in medicine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Doctor of Medicine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctor's degree, doctorate

14

noun

Meaning 14

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Maryland, Old Line State, Free State

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: American state

15

noun

Meaning 15

a licensed medical practitioner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I felt so bad I went to see my doctor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doctor, doc, physician, Dr., medico

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical practitioner, medical man

Narrower terms: abortionist, allergist, angiologist, extern, medical extern, gastroenterologist, general practitioner, GP, hakim, hakeem, house physician, resident, resident physician, intern, interne, houseman, medical intern, primary care physician, quack, specialist, medical specialist, surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet, Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd, Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, Barany, Robert Barany, Bartholin, Caspar Bartholin, Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce, Crohn, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Down, John L. H. Down, Eijkman, Christiaan Eijkman, Fallot, Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot, Gilbert, William Gilbert, Harvey, William Harvey, Hodgkin, Thomas Hodgkin, Huntington, George Huntington, Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs, Jenner, Edward Jenner, Klinefelter, Harry F. Klinefelter, Harry Fitch Kleinfelter, Lozier, Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier, Manson, Sir Patrick Manson, Mesmer, Franz Anton Mesmer, Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Roget, Peter Mark Roget, Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Rush, Benjamin Rush, Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer, Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw, Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson, Sydenham, Thomas Sydenham, English Hippocrates, Willebrand, von Willebrand, E. A. von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, Erik Adolf von Willebrand

16

noun

Meaning 16

a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mendelevium, Mv, atomic number 101

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.