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    Md
    abbreviation
    right hand.
  • MD
    MD
    Doctor of Medicine.
  • Md.
    Md.
    abbreviation
    Maryland.
  • M/D
    M/D
    months after date.
  • md
    md
    abbreviation
    Moldova
Synonyms

Md

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. right hand.


Md 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. mendelevium.


MD 3 American  
Or M.D.
  1. Doctor of Medicine.


MD 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. Middle Dutch. Also M.D.

  3. months after date.

  4. muscular dystrophy.


Md. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland.


M/D 6 American  
Or m/d
  1. months after date.


MD 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Medicine

  2. Managing Director

  3. Maryland

  4. Medical Department

  5. mentally deficient

  6. (in Canada) municipal district

  7. Moldova (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Md. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Md 3 British  

symbol

  1. mendelevium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

md 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Moldova

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Md1

< Italian mano destra or French main droite

Origin of MD3

From New Latin Medicīnae Doctor

Example Sentences

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Medicine only became real during his MD in Kolkata, at a 3,500-bed public hospital struggling with chronic shortages of medicines, equipment and staff.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

However, Smita Das, MD, PhD, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine, said there is still no broad medical agreement that cannabis effectively treats these conditions.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

And I was fortunate to be able to be added to a clinical trial at MD Anderson-Houston, the second or third day of January.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are participating in the AstraZeneca study of patients with treatment-naïve mantle cell lymphoma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But she has a real MD and PhD and she’s still stuck by a conveyor belt, cutting big stacks of cardboard.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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