doctor of medicine
noun
plural doctors of medicine
: a physician who has earned a degree in medicine and specifically allopathic medicine
For years, doctors of osteopathic medicine have been growing in number alongside the better-known doctors of medicine, who are sometimes called allopathic doctors and use the M.D. after their names.—Tampa Bay (Florida) Times
also
: an academic graduate degree conferring the rank or title of doctor of medicine
She was awarded a doctor of medicine from Duke University School of Medicine.
a doctor of medicine program
—abbreviation MD, M.D.
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