md

1. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol) (synset 114669270)
   is a type of: chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
   same as: atomic number 101, mendelevium, mv
2. A licensed medical practitioner (synset 110040615)
   "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
   is a type of: medical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicine
   subtypes:

   • abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
   • allergist - a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies
   • angiologist - a physician who specializes in angiology
   • extern, medical extern - a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
   • gastroenterologist - a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
   • general practitioner, gp - a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
   • hakeem, hakim - a Muslim physician
   • house physician, resident, resident physician - a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
   • houseman, intern, interne, medical intern - an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
   • primary care physician - the physician who provides primary care
   • quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
   • medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
   • operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery
   • vet, veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon - a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
   specific instances:

   • abul-walid mohammed ibn-ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-roshd, averroes, ibn-roshd - Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
   • abu ali al-husain ibn abdallah ibn sina, avicenna, ibn-sina - Persian physician and influential philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
   • barany, robert barany - Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)
   • bartholin, caspar bartholin - Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629)
   • bruce, david bruce, sir david bruce - Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
   • burrill bernard crohn, crohn - United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
   • down, john l. h. down - English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
   • christiaan eijkman, eijkman - Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930)
   • etienne-louis arthur fallot, fallot - French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911)
   • gilbert, william gilbert - English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
   • harvey, william harvey - English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
   • hodgkin, thomas hodgkin - English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
   • george huntington, huntington - United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
   • aletta jacobs, jacobs - Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
   • edward jenner, jenner - English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
   • harry f. klinefelter, harry fitch kleinfelter, klinefelter - United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912)
   • clemence sophia harned lozier, lozier - United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)
   • manson, sir patrick manson - Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
   • franz anton mesmer, friedrich anton mesmer, mesmer - Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
   • paracelsus, philippus aureolus paracelsus, theophrastus philippus aureolus bombastus von hohenheim - Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
   • peter mark roget, roget - English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)
   • ross, sir ronald ross - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
   • benjamin rush, rush - physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
   • albert schweitzer, schweitzer - French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
   • anna howard shaw, shaw - United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
   • simpson, sir james young simpson - Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
   • english hippocrates, sydenham, thomas sydenham - English physician (1624-1689)
   • e. a. von willebrand, erik adolf von willebrand, erik von willebrand, von willebrand, willebrand - Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
   belongs to: doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
   same as: doc, doctor, dr., medico, physician
3. A Mid-Atlantic state;
   One of the original 13 colonies (synset 109116186)
   is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
   has:

   • aberdeen - a town in northeastern Maryland
   • annapolis, capital of maryland - state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy
   • baltimore - the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
   • fort george g. meade, fort george gordon meade, fort meade - a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
   • frederick - a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
   • hagerstown - a town in northern Maryland
   • chesapeake bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River
   • potomac, potomac river - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
   • susquehanna, susquehanna river - a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay
   is a part of:

   • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
   • mid-atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
   • south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
   same as: free state, maryland, md., old line state
4. A doctor's degree in medicine (synset 106716084)
   is a type of: doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university
   same as: doctor of medicine

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