a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
after barely a year as an army medical officer
Captain Mark Weir, the Regimental Medical Officer
2. medicine
a doctor of medicine who is responsible for the medical care of a particular group of people, such as employees of a company, inmates of a prison, or members of an expedition
he was the medical officer for the Royal Mint
She was later appointed medical officer to the student health service of Queen'sUniversity, Belfast.
Examples of 'medical officer' in a sentence
medical officer
Clements glanced at the government medical officer, who had come in from the kitchen, where he had just made himself a cup of coffee.
Cleary, Jon MURDER SONG
He was meant to understand something, but if that was a flicker of irritation on the medical officer 's face, he needed more clues.
Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR
He had seen the medical officer and coughed, he had dressed himself, and he had signed for his own clothes and the contents of his pockets.