mediconzolo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
Senses
mediconzolo is used for these senses in English:
- quack (pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]
- quack (jocular, _, slang, mildly, _, pejorative) Any doctor.
quack — full definition
- noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
- verb Of a duck, to make its characteristic call.
- noun A person who dishonestly claims medical expertise they don't have, or who peddles fake cures.