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Italian
Etymology
From medic(o) (“medic, doctor”) + -astro (“-aster”, pejorative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.diˈka.stro/
- Rhymes: -astro
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧cà‧stro
Noun
medicastro m (plural medicastri)
- medicaster, quack, quack doctor (an incompetent doctor of medicine)