medico

noun

ˈme-di-ˌkō How to pronounce medico (audio)
Definition of mediconext
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 Four months later Sand and her twenty-six-year-old medico also returned to Paris, whereupon their relationship promptly floundered. — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 Implementation remains a sociotechnical challenge involving workflow redesign, medico-legal considerations, and preservation of the patient-clinician relationship. — Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medico
  1. physician
  2. doctor
Noun
  • One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.
    — Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • And one health care consultancy that finds doctors and mental health care for wealthy families charges retainers starting at $30,000 for 50 hours.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • By temporarily clogging excess blood vessels, doctors can reduce inflammation and quiet pain-sensing nerves without major surgery or permanent implants.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of doctor

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“Medico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medico. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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