medico

¹ American  

[med-i-koh] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkoʊ /

noun

Informal.

plural

medicos

1. a physician or surgeon; doctor.

2. a medical student.

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medico- ² American  

1. a combining form representing medical in compound words.

   medicolegal.

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medico- ¹ British  

combining form

1. medical

   medicolegal

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medico ² British  

/ ˈmɛdɪˌkəʊ /

noun

1. a doctor or medical student

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Etymology

Origin of medico¹

1680–90; < Spanish médico, Italian medico < Latin medicus physician; medical

Origin of medico-²

Combining form representing Latin medicus of, pertaining to healing; medical

Example Sentences

Hat, coat, small leather attaché case, like an Old World medico doing his rounds.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Dr. Adams, who goes by the nickname Patch Adams, was featured in the 1998 film by the same name, in which Robin Williams played the zany medico.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2018

"Is it in you, my Pietro," Sand wrote to her medico, "in you at long last that I shall see my dream fulfilled?"

From Time Magazine Archive

He could hardly talk until the troop medico had patched and soothed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The worthy medico never required two biddings to make him obey a behest like this.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

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