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medico-

medico- prefix: medicine (“profession”); medical.

Prefix

medico-

  1. medicine (“profession”); medical.
    Synonyms:
    iatro-

Synonyms of medico-

Origin of medico-

From Latin medicus + English -o-.

Questions about medico-

What does medico- mean?
Medico- means medicine (“profession”); medical.
What part of speech is medico-?
Medico- is a prefix.

Words near medico- in the dictionary

  1. Medicis
  2. medick
  3. medicks
  4. medicle
  5. medico
  6. medico-
  7. medico-legal
  8. medicoadministrative
  9. medicobiological
  10. medicobotanical
  11. medicocentric

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