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MEDICAL OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medical practitioner in the armed forces

Synonyms:

medic; medical officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("medical officer" is a kind of...):

medical man; medical practitioner (someone who practices medicine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical officer"):

flight surgeon (a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine)

Surgeon General (the senior medical officer in an Army or Navy)

Holonyms ("medical officer" is a member of...):

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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