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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
medic
noun
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▪ A medic jumped in as we got light on the skids.
▪ It seems that medics have not changed much over a hundred years.
▪ Our medic was carrying an M 16 rifle.
▪ Pearson acknowledged that the new racial science could do little without the hearty co-operation of medics.
▪ Repealers launched a double-edged assault on medics.
▪ The medic pushed it under the sling seat.
▪ The medics however, are reported to believe he will be fine for bench duty tomorrow.
▪ The less fortunate were the severely wounded who were being placed on the grass with two medics to attend to their wounds.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
medic

medick \medick\ n. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. [Also spelled medic.]

Syn: trefoil.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
medic

1650s, "physician, medical student," from Latin medicus "physician" (see medical (adj.)); modern sense of "serviceman in a military medical corps" first recorded 1925.

Wiktionary
medic

Etymology 1 n. (alternative spelling of medick herb of the genus ''Medicago'' English) Etymology 2

a. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical. n. 1 A doctor 2 A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military 3 A medical student.

WordNet
medic
  1. n. any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves [syn: medick, trefoil]

  2. a medical practitioner in the armed forces [syn: medical officer]

Wikipedia
Medic

A medic is an umbrella term for a person involved in medicine. The following fall under this term: a physician, paramedic, medical student, military medical corpsman and sometimes a medically-trained individual participating in the role of a medic such as an emergency medical responder.

Among physicians in the UK, the term "medic" indicates someone who has followed a "medical" career path in postgraduate professional training accredited by a College of Physicians, such as cardiology or endocrinology, in contrast to a surgical branch of specialisation accredited by a College of Surgeons.

Medic (disambiguation)

Medic may refer to:

  • Combat medic a trained military personnel who provide treatment on the battlefield.
  • Medic, role or occupation in medicine
  • Medic (TV series), 1950s television series
  • Medics (UK TV series), 1990s British television series
  • Medics (Polish TV series), 2012 Polish television series
  • Medicago, plant genus
  • SS Medic (1899), ocean liner of the White Star Line
  • One of the playable classes in the game Team Fortress 2.
Medic (TV series)

Medic was an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures.

Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to create realism ( The Doctor and City Hospital had not) which would typify medical shows from then on. Moser had previously written for the radio shows Dragnet and Dr. Kildare. He went on to write the television series Ben Casey.

Usage examples of "medic".

A very specific point, alas, and that more by will than any skill the medics brought.

Al darkly, as he telekinized himself to the combox, after a cautious look to see that there were no medics around.

Al darkly, as he telekinized him- to the combox, after a cautious look to see that there were no medics around.

Cowboy Larimer and Coochy, the medic, wolfed down C-rations under a tree just a few yards away.

He dismissed Coochy with a surly nod when the big medic persisted in asking what they were going to do.

Medic, the machines which looked inside and through her, the feeling of being completely depersonalized, her body a machine among other machines, violated.

He urged the Downer to sit on the floor by the wall, and Elene was ordering the medic over.

They checked Joyce again and had barely unrolled a blanket beneath her and covered her over, when a couple of medics hastened in with a foldable gurney.

He also wanted the two medics to report that farmer Yoostin had no family and that patient Gribble should therefore be placed somewhere else, but he doubted that they would go so far.

After chow, Williard drove off with all the medics except Heavy and the Junkman, whom he left in charge in case of an emergency.

His only concern was for Heavy and Junkman and the other medics should he leave them.

The medic punched the request into her tricorder, then swept it along the series of cortices.

As the party set out from the cache, to be joined at the ship by the Veep and a man wearing the badge of a personal guard, together with the medic, Diskan wondered what this world was like in a warmer season.

The station cleared quickly, and when the medics arrived Anareta was alone, stooped over a half-alive man.

Roy has had his medics stock up on Holy Water as well as antivenom for just such contingencies.