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Md

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. right hand.

Md 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. mendelevium.

MD 3 American  
Or M.D.

  1. Doctor of Medicine.

MD 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. Middle Dutch. Also M.D.

  3. months after date.

  4. muscular dystrophy.

Md. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland.

M/D 6 American  
Or m/d

  1. months after date.

MD 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Medicine

  2. Managing Director

  3. Maryland

  4. Medical Department

  5. mentally deficient

  6. (in Canada) municipal district

  7. Moldova (international car registration)

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Md. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Maryland

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Md 3 British  

symbol

  1. mendelevium

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md 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Moldova

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Etymology

Origin of Md1

< Italian mano destra or French main droite

Origin of MD3

From New Latin Medicīnae Doctor

Example Sentences

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That was the right decision, said Brett Stelfox, executive operations manager at Golden Eagle Coins in Laurel, Md.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

As something of an antiques expert now, she recalls how intimidated she was when she spotted the orange stretch glass vase in a store window in Silver Spring, Md.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Dhaka police spokesman Md Talebur Rahman could not confirm the number of protests, but said "more than 800 people" had been arrested in connection with them.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

"Global warming, environmental changes, living patterns are all factors for the increasing death toll due to lightning," Md Mijanur Rahman, the director general of Bangladesh's disaster management division, told the BBC.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023

“I love Cade. I think he’s the funniest Md I know too.”

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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