medicos

noun

plural of medico
as in doctors
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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  1. doctors
  2. physicians
Noun
  • Dubbed the White Wings, the sanitation workers sported white pith helmets and uniforms not unlike the lab coats that doctors began to don in the 1880s as germ theory took hold and antiseptics became associated with health.
    — Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Brenda González Rocha, who has lived in her south Omaha home since 2020, thinks both soil and paint are to blame for the lead that doctors found in her 4-year-old daughter’s blood.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • Here are the questions men are asking most and the answers from the physicians and patients who have been through it.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Such compounds are increasingly migrating into mainstream use despite a lack of FDA approval, with licensed physicians prescribing them and even New York bodegas getting in on the action.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of physicians
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“Medicos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicos. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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