"M.D." meaning in English

See M.D. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: M.D.s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} M.D. (plural M.D.s)
  1. Medicinae Doctor (Latin): Doctor of Medicine.
    Sense id: en-M.D.-en-noun-9eu8~1Bf
  2. (law) Middle District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state. Categories (topical): Law, Academic degrees
    Sense id: en-M.D.-en-noun-lptlvivO Disambiguation of Academic degrees: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: MD [initialism] Related terms: C.D., E.D., N.D., S.D., W.D.

Inflected forms

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