MEDICO Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

medico

noun

ˈme-di-ˌkō

Definition of medico

as in physician

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders a woman who is suspicious of all medicos, regardless of their credentials

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Recent Examples of medico This was one of the scariest moments of my life, and it was made even more devastating by the specter of a medico-financial misstep. — Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 13 Dec. 2019 Hat, coat, small leather attaché case, like an Old World medico doing his rounds. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019

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One inherent issue in all medical specialties is that appropriate treatment is often in the eye of the physician beholder, meaning that specialists create the guidelines for when a treatment is in order.

— Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, CBS News, 13 July 2026
During an 1884 trip to Germany, Boston physician Marie Zakrzewska, one of the very few women doctors in the US, witnessed children having a whale of a time on the sand hills in Berlin’s parks.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026

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Nelson believes trials like this one are just the beginning of the future of regenerative medicine — and of a future where doctors will be able to repair brain damage.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Cuba’s doctors for decades have worked in developing nations such as Gambia and Venezuela, skilled in providing care with scarce resources.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

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