walter reed

1. 1.

   United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

   SynonymsReed

   Broadersurgeon

Questions about walter reed

What does walter reed mean?

walter reed means "United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)".

What is another word for walter reed?

Close synonyms include Reed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walter reed a common word?

walter reed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.