medic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
  2. noun a medical practitioner in the armed forces

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

medick, trefoil

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