Mongolian gazelle migration Safari over the remote steppe for one of Asiaâs largest remaining wildlife populations. Every year in eastern Mongolia, a million gazelles migrate over grounds that border Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and China.
MD does NOT stand for medical doctor, although that's the common interpretation. MD is a Latin abbreviation, Medicinae Doctor. Its English translation is Doctor of Medicine. Similarly, a PhD stands for Philosophiae Doctor, or Doctor of Philosophy, not Philosophical Doctor. We don't use Latin much anymore, so we assign the letters a reasonable English equivalent medical doctor.
DO after a physician's name stands for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathic medicine, which is an alternate degree to MD in the United States. DOs can evaluate patients, prescribe medications, and perform surgery. They can specialize in any medical or surgical specialty.