Medico


[med-i-koh] /ˈmɛd ɪˌkoʊ/

noun, plural medicos. Informal.
1.
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
2.
a medical student.
1.
a combining form representing medical, in compound words:
medicolegal.
/ˈmɛdɪˌkəʊ/
noun (pl) -cos
1.
a doctor or medical student
combining form
1.
medical: medicolegal
n.

“medical practitioner,” 1680s, from Spanish médico or Italian medico, from Latin medicus (see medical (adj.)).

used as a comb. form of Latin medicus (see medical (adj.)).

medico med·i·co (měd’ĭ-kō’)
n.

medico- pref.
Medical science: medicolegal.

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