medico

See also: medico- and médico

English

Noun

medico (plural medicos)

1. (informal, humorous) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.
   • 2009 January 22, Christian Nicolussi and Ben Dorries, “Clark, Symonds and Jaques ready to test injuries”:

     "I haven't got the final clearance from the medicos but that's the plan."

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin medicus, from medicō (“cure, heal”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

medico m (feminine medica, masculine plural medici, feminine plural mediche)

1. medical

Noun

medico m (plural medici) feminine medica (rare), diminutive: medichino, medichetto; augmentative; medicone; endearment: medicuccio; pejorative: medicaccio, medicastro

1. doctor, physician

Synonyms

• dottore

Related terms

• medicabile
• medicamento
• medicare
• medichessa
• medicina
• medico di famiglia

See also

• chirurgo

Verb

medico

1. first-person singular indicative present of medicare

Anagrams

• decimo, decimò

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Latin

Etymology

From medicus (“medical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.di.koː/

Noun

medicō

1. dative singular of medicus
2. ablative singular of medicus

Verb

present active medicō, present infinitive medicāre, perfect active medicāvī, supine medicātum

1. I heal, cure.
2. I give healing power to.
3. I medicate.
4. I dye with color.

Inflection

Conjugation of medico (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	medicō	medicās	medicat	medicāmus	medicātis	medicant
	imperfect	medicābam	medicābās	medicābat	medicābāmus	medicābātis	medicābant
	future	medicābō	medicābis	medicābit	medicābimus	medicābitis	medicābunt
	perfect	medicāvī	medicāvistī	medicāvit	medicāvimus	medicāvistis	medicāvērunt
	pluperfect	medicāveram	medicāverās	medicāverat	medicāverāmus	medicāverātis	medicāverant
	future perfect	medicāverō	medicāveris	medicāverit	medicāverimus	medicāveritis	medicāverint
passive	present	medicor	medicāris	medicātur	medicāmur	medicāminī	medicantur
	imperfect	medicābar	medicābāris	medicābātur	medicābāmur	medicābāminī	medicābantur
	future	medicābor	medicāberis	medicābitur	medicābimur	medicābiminī	medicābuntur
	perfect	medicātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	medicātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	medicātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	medicem	medicēs	medicet	medicēmus	medicētis	medicent
	imperfect	medicārem	medicārēs	medicāret	medicārēmus	medicārētis	medicārent
	perfect	medicāverim	medicāverīs	medicāverit	medicāverīmus	medicāverītis	medicāverint
	pluperfect	medicāvissem	medicāvissēs	medicāvisset	medicāvissēmus	medicāvissētis	medicāvissent
passive	present	medicer	medicēris	medicētur	medicēmur	medicēminī	medicentur
	imperfect	medicārer	medicārēris	medicārētur	medicārēmur	medicārēminī	medicārentur
	perfect	medicātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	medicātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	medicā	—	—	medicāte	—
	future	—	medicātō	medicātō	—	medicātōte	medicantō
passive	present	—	medicāre	—	—	medicāminī	—
	future	—	medicātor	medicātor	—	—	medicantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		medicāre	medicāvisse	medicātūrus esse	medicārī	medicātus esse	medicātum īrī
participles		medicāns	—	medicātūrus	—	medicātus	medicandus

Derived terms

• medicātus

Descendants

• Dalmatian: medcur
• English: medicate
• French: mégir
• Italian: medicare

• Old French: megier
• Portuguese: medicar
• Spanish: medicar

Related terms

medica medicābilis medicābiliter medicābulum

medicāmen medicāmentārius medicāmentōsus medicāmentum

medicātiō medicātor medicīna medicīnālis

medicīnus medicor medicōsus medicus

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Spanish

Verb

medico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of medicar.