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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

equipe médica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ekipe medika

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Medical team/ˈmɛd.ɪ.kəl tiːm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A equipe médica trabalhou em conjunto para salvar a vida do paciente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of healthcare professionals working collaboratively to provide medical care.

    "The medical team worked tirelessly to save the patient's life during the emergency."
  2. 2

    A coordinated group of specialists in a particular field of medicine.

    "The oncology medical team meets weekly to discuss treatment plans for patients."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'medical', originating from Latin 'medicus' (physician), and 'team', from Old English 'tēam' (offspring, lineage, or a group of draft animals). Over centuries, 'team' evolved to denote any group of people working together, combining with 'medical' in the 20th century to describe collaborative healthcare professionals.

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