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medic

me·dic

UK/ˈmɛdɪk/ US/ˈmɛdɪk/ fairly common

noun

1.

any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

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2.

a medical practitioner in the armed forces

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Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).

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