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post-doc

post-doc is the alternative form of postdoc.

Meaning of postdoc

Noun

postdoc (plural postdocs)

  1. (informal) A postdoctoral academic research position.
  2. (informal) Someone in such a position.
    • "We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.2001 July 24, James Glanz, “To Be Young and in Search of the Higgs Boson”, in The New York Times

Forms of post-doc

pluralpost-docs

Origin of post-doc

From post- + doc.

Questions about post-doc

What is post-doc the alternative form of?
Post-doc is the alternative form of postdoc.

Words near post-doc in the dictionary

  1. post-democratic
  2. post-digital
  3. post-disaster
  4. post-disco
  5. post-Dobbs
  6. post-doc
  7. post-docs
  8. post-donation
  9. post-dubstep
  10. post-dynastic
  11. post-ejaculatory

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