Meanings
MD1
alternative M.D. · alternative M. D.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Maryland: a state of the United States.
plural MDs · alternative M.D. · alternative M. D.
- Symbol (usually a postnominal) indicating a medical degree; medical physician or medical doctor; doctor(ate) of medicine
- USabbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of medical doctor (“medical physician; medical surgeon”).
For diarrhea caused by a stomach virus or a meal that didn’t agree with you, try the BRAT diet, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif.
2015 March 31, Linda Melone, “The worst foods to eat when you’re sick, and the best ones”, in CNN
- UKmedicineMedicinae Doctor: Symbol indicating a higher research doctorate in medicine; Doctor of Medicine
- abbreviationAbbreviation of managing director.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of musical director.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of MiniDisc.
- USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Marine detachment.
alternative M.D. · alternative M. D.
- abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of magnetodynamics.
- abbreviationuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of macular degeneration.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Milroy's disease
alternative M.D. · alternative M. D.
- abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of magnetodynamic.
Md2
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Maryland: a state of the United States.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Muhammad.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
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