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Q - medic = doctor in British(?) Terminology?

• twic 9y ago
  Yes. Specifically one who practices medicine rather than surgery (who would be a surgeon). This guy was a consultant, ie a very senior doctor, and got to do research as a sideline. If the context had been clearer, i would have said "a consultant", but on HN that could mean anything! I think in the US such people might be called "internists", which is also a weird and confusing term in its own way.
• make3 9y ago
  I don't see a field medical technician having grad students, so I would think so
• jackweirdy 9y ago
  Yes
• mattmanser 9y ago
  It's a university term really, the students studying Medicine are called medics by everyone else, tend to be very cliquey.