med|i|co «MEHD uh koh», noun, plural -cos. Informal.
1. a doctor; physician: »
The medico held my chin in the usual way, and examined my throat (Alexander W. Kinglake).
2. a medical student.
╂[< Italian medico, or Spanish médico physician, learned borrowings from Latin medicus; see etym. under medic1 (Cf. ↑medic)]
combining form. medical and _____, as in medicolegal.
╂[< New Latin medico- < Latin medicus physician]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.