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Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
(
MD
or
DM
), or in , meaning "Teacher of Medicine", is a
terminal
degree
for
physicians
and
surgeons
. In countries that follow the tradition of the
United States
, it is a
first professional
graduate
degree awarded upon graduation from
medical school
. In countries that follow the tradition of the
United Kingdom
, the title of the equivalent
medical degree
is instead styled as
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
. In those countries, the MD may either be: (1) a research
doctorate
, akin to the
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD); (2) an advanced clinical coursework degree, akin to the
Master of Surgery
; or (3) an
honorary
or
higher doctorate
reserved for medical graduates.
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MD
MD
,
Md
,
mD
or
md
may stand for:
Science
Doctor of Medicine
, from the Latin
Medicinae Doctor
(MD)
Mean difference
, a measure of statistical dispersion
Md, the symbol for the chemical element
Mendelevium
Mesoscale Discussion, a short-term technical meteorological forecast concerning convection (
MCD
) or precipitation (
MPD
)
Methyldichloroarsine
, a blister agent used in chemical warfare
Millidarcy (mD), one thousandth of a
darcy
, a unit of fluid permeability
Molecular dynamics
, a method of computer simulation of molecular interaction
Muscular dystrophy
, a genetic and hereditary muscle disease
Medial dorsal nucleus
, a large nucleus in the thalamus
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