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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

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“Government seed deposits move on government time,” said Jeff Judge of Chesapeake Financial Planners in Forest Hill, Md.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Boyle is the associate dean for graduate programs at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

"I waited for more than an hour to get two litres," said motorcyclist Md Al-Amin, 45.

From Barron's Mar. 8, 2026

As something of an antiques expert now, she recalls how intimidated she was when she spotted the orange stretch glass vase in a store window in Silver Spring, Md.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

“I love Cade. I think he’s the funniest Md I know too.”

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

"The tool gives you a sense of where you might expect to see cases next," added Mark Beatty, MD, MPH, the assistant medical director for the County's Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Tao Gao, MD, research assistant professor of Preventive Medicine, was the study's lead author.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Her doctor at Cedars-Sinai knew an oncologist at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a leader in treating anaplastic cancer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The six companies, all Italian, were fashion company Harmont & Blaine, supermarket chains Il Gigante, MD, Oasi and Pro7 and bottled gas distributor Butan Gas.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 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

So the Prides chose that one, moving to Silver Spring, Md., and enrolling their son in top educational programs for deaf children.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

LAUREL, Md. — Ralph Lorenz dreamed up the idea of flying a helicopter through Titan’s thick methane-laden atmosphere back in 2000 in a speculative research paper and a cover story for New Scientist magazine.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Held at the 1971 crab derby in Crisfield, Md., it drew less attention than sailboat races, greased pig contests and the crowning of Miss Crustacean.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Hearn, a 67 year-old white-water canoe racer from Bethesda, Md., has kept a low profile since Pirro’s filing Friday night, and his case hasn’t yet been thrown out by a judge.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Md. and $300 for Bill and $800 for Peter.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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From New York Times Dec. 23, 2014

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim md told an Arab League dinner in New York that the Palestinians "have a right to self-determination, including statehood."

From Time Magazine Archive

At the big dinner, Stevenson, Kefauver md New York's Governor Averell Harriman all followed the same line when they turned their attention to the Republicans.

From Time Magazine Archive

I picked up the paper the other day md I saw something that Dr. Work said.

From Time Magazine Archive

“And dogs eat all the eggs. Annabeth is right. We must leave the restroom md ship.”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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