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m.d.

/ˌɛmdˈi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
m.d.
IPA
/ˌɛmdˈi/
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Medicinae Doctor (Latin): Doctor of Medicine.

noun

Middle District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.

noun

Initialism of Frenchmain droite or Italianmano destra, indicating use of the right hand when use of the left hand is expected.

Etymology

From French main droite and Italian mano destra.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

M.D.s (plural) MD (alternative, initialism)

Frequently Paired Words

C.D. E.D. N.D. S.D. W.D.

Antonyms

m.g. m.s.

Rhymes With

d d. t t. b b. c c. e e. p p.

Questions

How do you pronounce m.d.?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛmdˈi/.
What does m.d. mean?
Medicinae Doctor (Latin): Doctor of Medicine.
Where does m.d. come from?
It is traced to French.

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