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What is "medical officer"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
medical officer
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As a nurse, I shall also be acting as medical officer for the group.
▪ In addition to his duties as medical officer to the workhouse he was a magistrate and the coroner for the Borough of Bedford.
▪ London appointed the first school medical officer in 1890.
▪ Murderers, rapists and Charles Dance as Clemens, an ex-prisoner now medical officer, are her only companions.
▪ There's a medical officer, a navigation officer, a communications officer.
▪ With only one medical officer on hand, their release took some time.
WordNet
medical officer

n. a medical practitioner in the armed forces [syn: medic]

Wikipedia
Medical Officer (AYUSH)

Medical Officer (AYUSH) is a title used in many states of India for junior government official designated for providing medical care and health services at district hospitals, community health centers and primary health centers. The post is held by a physician who has a recognized degree/diploma in Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy etc.

Usage examples of "medical officer".

Jolly bustled off to the sick bay, not quite managing to conceal his relish at being the only medical officer aboard who wasn't _hors de combat_.

My medical officer waited for a response to that statement, but I found myself unable to speak in the presence of so much senseless slaughter.

But you don't think that a medical officer can only concern himself with medicine, do you?