Md

1 of 4

abbreviation (1)

Maryland

Md

2 of 4

symbol

mendelevium

MD

3 of 4

abbreviation or noun

ˌem-ˈdē 

variants or M.D.

plural MDs or M.D.s

: doctor of medicine

John Smith, MD

She earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Members pay what they would for a standard, managed-care plan, and they get the same access to MDs and hospitals.

—Geoffrey Cowley et al.

MD

4 of 4

abbreviation (2)

1

[Italian mano destra] right hand

2

Maryland

3

medical department

4

minidisc

5

months after date

6

muscular dystrophy

Examples of Md in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Abbreviation or noun

Medical schools that grant MD (Doctor of Medicine) degrees are known as allopathic medical schools. —Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 21 July 2025

The Field Bailey’s was just one of the compelling stories at the 4th U.S. Adaptive Open held recently at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, MD. —Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

Beyond that, the relationship between the immune system’s overreaction and psoriatic arthritis isn’t well understood, says Vivien Hsu, MD, acting chief of the division of rheumatology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. —Korin Miller, Flow Space, 18 July 2025

About half of people with this advanced form of skin cancer run out of viable treatment options, says Gino In, MD, MPH, a coauthor of the study and an associate professor and oncologist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. —Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Abbreviation or noun

borrowed from Medieval Latin, abbreviation of medicīnae doctor

First Known Use

Abbreviation Or Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Md

1 of 3 symbol

mendelevium

MD

2 of 3 abbreviation or noun

variants or M.D.

ˌem-ˈdē 

: doctor of medicine

MD

3 of 3 abbreviation

1

medical department

2

muscular dystrophy

Etymology

Abbreviation or noun

Latin medicinae doctor