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medic
doctor (physician) /ˈme.dik/
noun#1019 most common
Also: physician, medic
Example sentences
Medicul este în spital.
The doctor is in the hospital.
Am o programare la medic mâine.
I have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.
Medicul mi-a recomandat să beau mai multă apă.
The doctor recommended that I drink more water.
Mulți medici tineri aleg să lucreze în străinătate.
Many young doctors choose to work abroad.
Fără implicarea activă a medicilor de familie, reforma sistemului sanitar nu va reuși.
Without the active involvement of family doctors, the healthcare system reform will not succeed.
Deontologia profesională impune fiecărui medic obligația de a păstra confidențialitatea datelor pacientului.
Professional ethics require every doctor to keep patient data confidential.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | medic | medici |
| Genitive | medicului | medicilor |
| Accusative | medic | medici |
| Vocative | medicule | medicilor |
Word family
medicinămedicine (the field or the remedy)medicalmedicalmedicamentmedication, drug
a medicato medicate (rare, formal)
medicațiemedication regimen
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "medic" during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize its vocabulary and replace Slavic and Ottoman terms with learned Western forms. The direct source is Latin "medicus", reinforced by French "médecin" and Italian "medico", which were the prestige languages of that reform. The older native word for healer, "doftor" or "doctor", stayed in use alongside it, with "medic" taking on the more formal, professional register.
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