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adj
Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
The Median language.
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noun
A physician.
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noun
A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
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noun
A medical student.
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noun
Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
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noun
a medical practitioner in the armed forces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: medical officer
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Broader terms: medical practitioner, medical man
Narrower terms: flight surgeon, Surgeon General
noun
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: medick, trefoil
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: moon trefoil, Medicago arborea, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata, Calvary clover, Medicago intertexta, Medicago echinus, black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina, alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa
History
Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).
From Mede + -ic.
