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Vinony

medic

noun

  1. umbrella term for a person involved in medicine
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪk/

adj

Etymology: 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”).

  1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

name

Etymology: From Mede + -ic.

  1. The Median language.

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”).