Medical technologist
noun
a health-care professional who does laboratory testing and analysis
Usage Note
medicine
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[muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-] /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/ noun 1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy. /mɪˈdɪkəmənt; ˈmɛdɪ-/ noun 1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation n. mid-15c., “medical skill; a medicinal compound,” from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum “drug, remedy,” literally “means of healing,” from medicare “to heal, cure” (see […]
- Medicant
[muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-] /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/ noun 1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy. /mɪˈdɪkəmənt; ˈmɛdɪ-/ noun 1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation n. mid-15c., “medical skill; a medicinal compound,” from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum “drug, remedy,” literally “means of healing,” from medicare “to heal, cure” (see […]
- Medicare
[med-i-kair] /ˈmɛd ɪˌkɛər/ noun 1. (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare . 2. (lowercase) any of various government-funded programs to provide , to a population. /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/ noun 1. (in the US) a federally sponsored health […]