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medicaster

Medicaster (noun) means a quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

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A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
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Etymology

From French médicastre or Italian medicastro, from Late Latin medicaster, from Latin medicus (“a doctor, a physician; a surgeon”) + -aster (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance, which are thus usually pejorative).

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"medicaster" (noun) means a quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

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