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DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doctor of Medicine mean?
• DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (noun)
The noun DOCTOR OF MEDICINE has 1 sense:
1. a doctor's degree in medicine
Familiarity information: DOCTOR OF MEDICINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doctor's degree in medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Doctor of Medicine; MD
Hypernyms ("Doctor of Medicine" is a kind of...):
doctor's degree; doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
Context examples
The Doctor of Medicine degree is the first-professional postgraduate degree that requires completion of a program that meets all of the following criteria: completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in the profession; at least 2 years of college work prior to entering the program; and a total of at least 6 academic years of college work to complete a program of studies in any branch of medical science, including prior required college work plus the length of the professional program itself.
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