Doctor of Medicine
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈdɑktər əv ˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- Specialized
:
Doctor en Medicina
- After completing medical school, she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree and began her residency in pediatrics.
Examples
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He graduated with his class, earning a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School in 1975, and went on to complete a residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Blog text (19) -
He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Liverpool in 1956 and had been a professor of neurosurgery at London Hospital since 1970.
Blog text (19) -
Yale conferred its first honorary doctorate, an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), in 1723.
Academic text (2002) -
To practice medicine, a student must graduate with a Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution.
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He was proud to receive his Doctor of Medicine diploma, marking the end of years of rigorous training.
Synonyms
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3.5
A doctor qualified to treat patients
How Advanced
- Specialized
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3.7
61
3.3
34
2.7
307
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'doctor' + 'of' + 'medicine', so a B1 learner who knows those constituents will readily infer it refers to a doctor associated with the field of medicine (or the medical degree/title, e.g. MD). The genitive/relational 'of' and the cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g. 'Doctor en/à de médecine') make the meaning directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Doctor of Medicine comes from old universities where the word Doctor meant 'teacher' and showed someone with great knowledge. Being the Doctor of Medicine meant you were the teacher or expert in healing, so today the phrase names a person 'qualified to practice medicine'.