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Noun: MD
  1. A licensed medical practitioner
    "I felt so bad I went to see my MD";
    - doctor, doc [informal], physician, Dr., medico [informal]
     
  2. [Brit] The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
    - chief executive officer, CEO, chief operating officer, managing director [Brit]
     
  3. A doctor's degree in medicine
    - Doctor of Medicine
     
  4. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Annapolis
    - Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, Md.
Noun: Md
  1. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
    - mendelevium, Mv, atomic number 101

Derived forms: MDs

Type of: American state, business executive, chemical element, corporate executive, doctorate, doctor's degree, element, medic, medical man, medical practitioner

Part of: America, doctor-patient relation, Mid-Atlantic states, South, Southern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: MD

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