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[med-i-koh] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkoʊ /


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Hat, coat, small leather attaché case, like an Old World medico doing his rounds.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019

Dr. Adams, who goes by the nickname Patch Adams, was featured in the 1998 film by the same name, in which Robin Williams played the zany medico.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 2018

Wilde, he declares, was a great doctor, although his detractors have put him down as a mere provincial medico.

From Time Magazine Archive

He could hardly talk until the troop medico had patched and soothed him.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Recovered now, of course, but dreadfully shaken," replied our medico.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)

In the 21st century, most vampires don’t sup on human victims — consider the contagions they might pick up — but acquire their blood supply through friends and unscrupulous medicos.

From Time ● Apr. 9, 2014

Indeed, as soon as the roving medicos alight in a village, mothers with sickly children slung on their backs converge on the teams.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2012

While King George's physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, nodded sagely over the operating table, the learned medicos removed his prostate gland.

From Time Magazine Archive

He antagonized local medicos by treating, for free, the youngsters and oldsters that most of them were refusing to treat even for a fee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aye," remarked Mr. Cazalette, "or with an operating knife—such as you medicos use.

From Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher


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