Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medical doctor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-cal -doc-tor
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.

Inflected Forms

medical doctors (plural)

Derived Forms

MD M.D. MBBS MBBCh DO D.O.

Questions

What does medical doctor mean?: A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.

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