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med⋅i⋅co

[med-i-koh]
–noun, plural -cos. Informal.
1. a physician or surgeon; doctor.
2. a medical student.

Origin:
1680–90; < Sp médico, It medico < L medicus physician; see medical

medico-

a combining form representing medical in compound words: medicolegal.

Origin:
comb. form repr. L medicus of, pertaining to healing; see medical
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med·i·co   (měd'ĭ-kō')   
n.   pl. med·i·cos Informal
  1. A physician.

  2. A medical student.


[Italian medico or Spanish médico, both from Latin medicus; see medical.]
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Slang Dictionary
medico [ˈmɛdɪko]

  1. n.
    a doctor. (From Spanish.) : It's hard to take it seriously when a fat medico tells you to shed a few pounds.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: med·i·co
Pronunciation: 'med-i-"kO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cos
: a medical practitioner : PHYSICIAN; also : a medical student
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

medico med·i·co (měd'ĭ-kō')
n.

  1. A physician.

  2. A medical student.

medico- pref.
Medical science: medicolegal.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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