MD

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   nounUSinitialism

   Initialism of medical doctor. Used after a doctor's name or as a word for a doctor.

   Dr. Lopez is an MD who works at the children's hospital.

   You should see an MD about that cough.

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   proper nounabbreviation

   Abbreviation of Maryland. Used in addresses and on maps for the state of Maryland.

   On the form, she wrote MD for her state.

   Her address ends with Baltimore, MD 21201.

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   nounUSinitialism

   Initialism of doctorate of medicine. The name of the degree doctors earn in medical school.

   She earned her MD after four years of medical school.

   He hung his MD on the office wall.

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   nounabbreviation

   Abbreviation of managing director. Used in business for a company's top manager (mainly British) or a senior rank at US banks.

   The MD called a meeting with all the workers.

   She became the MD of the company last year.

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   nounBritishcountable

   An advanced research degree in medicine that doctors in Britain can earn after extra study.

   After years of research, she received her MD from a university in London.

   He is working toward an MD while seeing patients at the hospital.

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   nounabbreviation

   Abbreviation of macular degeneration. Doctors use it as a short name for an eye disease.

   People with MD often find it hard to read small print.

   The eye doctor checks older patients for MD every year.

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   nouninitialism

   Initialism of MiniDisc. Used for a small disc that played and recorded music.

   He played music from an MD on his old player.

   She found a box of MDs in the attic.

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   symbol · Md

   The short sign chemists use to stand for the element mendelevium.

   You will not find Md in nature, because it can only be made in a lab.

   In chemistry class, we learned that Md is one of the heaviest elements.

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