中文词源
medicaster 江湖医生，庸医
来自拉丁语medicus,医生，大夫，词源同medicine,-aster,贬义后缀。即差劲的医生，比喻用法。
英语词源
- medicaster (n.)
- "quack," c. 1600, from Latin *medicaster (source also of Italian medicastro, French médicastre, 16c.), from medicus (see medical (adj.)). The feminine form is medicastra. Compare also -aster.