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medical community

medical community

25 3.2
A group of doctors, nurses, and other health workers
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛdɪkəl kəˈmjunɪti/
translation icon : comunidad médica
  • For nearly two decades, the theory behind shaken baby syndrome went virtually unchallenged in the medical community.
  • the medical community and the public
  • the medical community, especially

But the problem is when patients or the consumers demand the drugs and then, you know, the medical community has to serve them up by writing prescriptions.

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Examples

  • A possible strategy for achieving this goal could be to encourage dialogue between the educational and medical communities.

    Academic text (1996)
  • There is much discussion over whether the medical community resisted notions of contagion.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Much of the research focused on one of the most difficult and deadly problems the medical community faces today: burn repair.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Such views crossed the Atlantic and influenced the American medical community.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Until the last 10 months, the medical community practically ignored the ACE Study.

    Blog text (25)
  • Several parents suggested that the medical community needs to be advised about the abilities of parents who are visually impaired.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Obstetricians were beginning to professionalize and raise their status in the medical community by improving their medical education.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The medical community is working together to improve healthcare for all patients.

  • During the conference, experts from the medical community discussed new treatments for chronic illness.

  • Many members of the medical community advocate for more mental health resources in schools.

Synonyms

medical profession
vsmedical community
24 2.8

A group of trained people like doctors and nurses who are licensed to treat sick people

includes a wider range of healthcare staff beyond licensed physicians

How Large

medical community
25 3.2
staff
1.0
clinic
964 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

medical + community

The phrase 'medical community' is directly built from 'medical' (relating to medicine) + 'community' (a group of people with shared interests), so its meaning — the group of healthcare professionals — is transparently derivable from the constituents. This straightforward noun–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English modification patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Medical community comes from joining the word medical, meaning about health and doctors, and community, meaning a group of people who work or live together. Picture doctors, nurses, and other health workers meeting and standing together to give advice or help patients, so medical community means 'the group of people who work in healthcare'.