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medico

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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, MD, Dr.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

a student in medical school

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: medical student

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: student, pupil, educatee

History

Etymology

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