Word forms: plural MDsregional note: in AM, also use M.D.
1.
MD is written after someone's name to indicate that they have been awarded a degree in medicine and are qualified to practise as a doctor.
2. countable noun
MD is an abbreviation for managing director.
[mainly British, business]
He's going to be the MD of the Park Lane company.
md in British English
the internet domain name for
Moldova
Md in British English
the chemical symbol for
mendelevium
MD in British English
abbreviation for
1.
Doctor of Medicine
2.
Managing Director
3.
Maryland
4.
Medical Department
5. psychiatry old-fashioned
mentally deficient
6.
(in Canada) municipal district
7.
Moldova (international car registration)
Word origin
(sense 1) from Latin Medicinae Doctor
Md. in British English
abbreviation for
Maryland
Maryland in British English
(ˈmɛərɪˌlænd, ˈmɛrɪlənd)
noun
a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic: divided into two unequal parts by Chesapeake Bay: mostly low-lying, with the Alleghenies in the northwest Capital: Annapolis. Pop: 5 508 909 (2003 est). Area: 31 864 sq km (12 303 sq miles)