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medical profession

medical profession

24 2.8
A group of trained people like doctors and nurses who are licensed to treat sick people
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛdɪkəl prəˈfɛʃən/
translation icon : profesión médica
  • With advancements in technology, the medical profession continues to evolve and provide better care.
  • nursing and medical profession
  • medical profession where physicians
  • debate among the medical profession

Does the medical profession discriminate against Jews?

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Examples

  • I design, build, and patent non-invasive sensing and testing devices for use by the medical profession.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • This volume is reserved for members of the medical profession.

  • How many at the top of the medical profession, how many of those are women?

  • A fine member of the medical profession.

  • I was first exposed to the medical profession as a child.

  • So there is a large portion of the medical profession in this country who do not support medical aid in dying.

  • Emily Darrow was not just a doctor and a credit to the medical profession, she was a healer and a credit to the human race.

  • A young physician undergoes a definite socialization process upon entering the medical profession.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Doctors and nurses are vital members of the medical profession who work to improve public health.

  • She dedicated her life to the medical profession, helping patients recover from illness.

Synonyms

medical community
vsmedical profession
25 3.2

A group of doctors, nurses, and other health workers

is limited to licensed and qualified people who diagnose and treat patients
health profession
vsmedical profession
2 3.1

Jobs for people who help keep or make others healthy, like doctors and nurses

is narrower, meaning only licensed clinicians who diagnose and treat patients

Surface Forms

Morphology

medical + profession

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'medical' (relating to medicine) modifying 'profession' (a body of people practising an occupation), so it denotes the group of people who practise medicine. This adjective+noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The term medical profession joins medical (about treating the sick) and profession (a job that needs special training and rules). Long ago, people who treated the sick trained and followed rules and formed a clear group, so medical profession now means the trained group who 'practice medicine'.