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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medico
Noun
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Hospitals must disclose how and when AI is used, and physicians must remain accountable for its insights.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stanford Health Care has launched an AI assistant that helps its physicians draft interpretations of clinical tests and lab results to send to patients.—
Kate Ruder,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Julia Norem, now a doctor in the Fayetteville area, lost her father Walt Norem in that plane crash.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sutton-Schulman got L settled in, met with his doctors and, for the first time in months, felt some hope.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Medico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medico. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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