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medician en · NOUN

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of medic and physician.

Meanings

1. (in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
   • During the Second Epoch, Tombilly, Chief of Ban Rona in the Green Hollows, fell ill to a malady for which the medicians of the Hollows could find no cure. 2008, Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness:
   • We have also the target of obtaining a good ontological description that allows a better use of CBR techniques to aid medicians in diagnostic accuracy. 2008, R. Nicholas et al., Identification of Relevant Knowledge for Characterizing the Melanoma Domain, in the report of the 2nd International Workshop on Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, page 58

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