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mediko [mi.di.ku.] : medic (n.); medico (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: medico: doctor ]

Derivatives of mediko


Glosses:
medic
n. (plant)1. medic, medick, trefoilany of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
~ herb, herbaceous planta plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests.
~ genus medicago, medicagoa genus of herbs that resemble clover.
~ medicago arborea, moon trefoilevergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods.
~ medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medickEuropean medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods.
~ calvary clover, medicago echinus, medicago intertextaan annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots.
~ black medick, hop clover, medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoilprostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America.
~ alfalfa, lucerne, medicago sativaimportant European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
n. (person)2. medic, medical officera medical practitioner in the armed forces.
~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machinethe military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
~ flight surgeona medical officer specializing in aviation medicine.
~ medical man, medical practitionersomeone who practices medicine.
~ surgeon generalthe senior medical officer in an Army or Navy.
medico
n. (person)1. medical student, medicoa student in medical school.
~ educatee, pupil, studenta learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
n. (person)2. doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physiciana licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
~ abortionista person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies.
~ allergista physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.
~ angiologista physician who specializes in angiology.
~ extern, medical externa nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there.
~ gastroenterologista physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
~ general practitioner, gpa physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
~ hakeem, hakima Muslim physician.
~ house physician, resident physician, residenta physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital.; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"
~ houseman, intern, interne, medical internan advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
~ medical man, medical practitionersomeone who practices medicine.
~ primary care physicianthe physician who provides primary care.; "the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system"
~ quackan untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice.
~ medical specialist, specialistpractices one branch of medicine.
~ operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeona physician who specializes in surgery.
~ vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeona doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
~ abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshdArabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198).
~ abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina, avicenna, ibn-sinaArabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).
~ barany, robert baranyAustrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936).
~ bartholin, caspar bartholinDanish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629).
~ bruce, david bruce, sir david bruceAustralian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931).
~ burrill bernard crohn, crohnUnited States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983).
~ john l. h. down, downEnglish physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896).
~ christiaan eijkman, eijkmanDutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930).
~ etienne-louis arthur fallot, fallotFrench physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911).
~ william gilbert, gilbertEnglish court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603).
~ harvey, william harveyEnglish physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657).
~ hodgkin, thomas hodgkinEnglish physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866).
~ george huntington, huntingtonUnited States physician who first described Huntington's chorea.
~ aletta jacobs, jacobsDutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929).
~ edward jenner, jennerEnglish physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823).
~ harry f. klinefelter, harry fitch kleinfelter, klinefelterUnited States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912).
~ clemence sophia harned lozier, lozierUnited States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888).
~ manson, sir patrick mansonScottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922).
~ franz anton mesmer, friedrich anton mesmer, mesmerAustrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815).
~ paracelsus, philippus aureolus paracelsus, theophrastus philippus aureolus bombastus von hohenheimSwiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541).
~ peter mark roget, rogetEnglish physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869).
~ sir ronald ross, rossBritish physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932).
~ benjamin rush, rushphysician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813).
~ albert schweitzer, schweitzerFrench philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965).
~ anna howard shaw, shawUnited States physician and suffragist (1847-1919).
~ sir james young simpson, simpsonScottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870).
~ english hippocrates, sydenham, thomas sydenhamEnglish physician (1624-1689).
~ e. a. von willebrand, erik adolf von willebrand, erik von willebrand, von willebrand, willebrandFinnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949).
~ doctor-patient relationthe responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient.