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.
exists and is an alternate of . The abbreviation D.O. stands for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. This medical profession was founded in the mid-1800s by Andrew Taylor Still. In the 21st century now, D.O.s receive training which is equivalent to the training that Doctors of Medicine (M.D.) receive. However, they also learn OMT (osteopathic manipulative technique).