Bachelor of Medicine
- noun
- /ˈbætʃələr əv ˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- UK
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Licenciatura en Medicina
- After six years of study, she received her Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Oxford.
Examples
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Many British doctors hold the combined degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
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Applicants for the hospital position must have at least a Bachelor of Medicine.
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She earned her Bachelor of Medicine last year.
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Many students aspire to obtain a Bachelor of Medicine degree.
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After six years of study, she received her Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Oxford.
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Many British doctors hold the combined degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
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Applicants for the hospital position must have at least a Bachelor of Medicine.
Synonyms
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2.7
A degree you get after finishing three to four years of study at a university or college
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7.9
A university degree in medicine given in the UK
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8.4
A first degree given by a college or university after finishing studies
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'bachelor' (an undergraduate degree) qualified by 'of medicine' specifies the field, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a first university degree in medicine. The head-modifier pattern is cross-linguistically common and thus readily transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Bachelor of Medicine comes from old universities where a Bachelor was a young scholar who had finished basic study. Because Medicine shows the subject, the phrase came to mean a 'first degree' in medical study, so today it names the initial university degree in medicine.