Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medico

/mˈɛdɪkˌoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: medi-co
IPA: /mˈɛdɪkˌoʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.

Informal

Example Sentences

"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt She had travelled with her father as far as the Springs, and both of them were in utter ignorance of the fate which had overtaken the young medico during the journey."
"He has been an Army medico since the Spanish War, active student of X-ray leprosy treatments and degassing processes."
""I haven't got the final clearance from the medicos but that's the plan.""

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

medicos (plural)

Derived Forms

ethnomedicobotany

Synonyms

doctor doc physician md dr. medical student

Questions

How do you pronounce medico?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛdɪkˌoʊ/.
What does medico mean?: A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.

How to pronounce medico

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