Definition of Medical officer

1. Noun. A medical practitioner in the armed forces.

Exact synonyms: Medic
Group relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Flight Surgeon, Surgeon General
Generic synonyms: Medical Man, Medical Practitioner

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Literary usage of Medical officer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1898)
"CM, DPH Aberd., has been appointed medical officer of Health for the Burgh of ... Assistant medical officer, unmarried. Salary commencing at £100 per annum, ..."

2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The duties of the medical officer are varied and often exacting. They include both preventive and curative medicine. In general, the duties are: to look ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"If the medical officer of health could spare time to see these doubtful cases, ... But it is stated that (a) the medical officer of health is too busy to ..."

4. Medical Inspection of Schools by Luther Halsey Gulick, Leonard Porter Ayres (1913)
"APPENDIX II ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1910 OF THE CHIEF medical officer OF THE BRITISH BOARD OF EDUCATION The following pages reproduce the table of contents of the ..."

5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"Farr (Sutherlandshire) Poor Law medical officer. Мк. CATHCART WASON (Orkney, and Shetland) : To ask the Lord Advocate if his attention has been called to an ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"The In this connection it may be stated that a court-martial has been in session recently, in Washington, to try whether a medical officer has authority to ..."

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