medic
pronunciation
How to pronounce medic in British English:
UK [ˈmedɪk]
How to pronounce medic in American English:
US [ˈmedɪk]
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- Noun:
- any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
- a medical practitioner in the armed forces
Word Origin
- medic (n.)
- 1650s, "physician, medical student," from Latin medicus "physician" (see medical (adj.)); modern sense of "serviceman in a military medical corps" first recorded 1925.
Example
- 1. Kabul , afghanistan : an afghan army medic looks out from an ambulance
- 2. William gaunter , a former u. s. navy medic , helped play-test the game . He supported the game in its original form but said he wasn 't surprised by the backlash .
- 3. Haifa , israel : a medic takes part in a drill simulating a biological terror attack
- 4. When the rescue chinook eventually arrived , a medic stepped out and knelt over the corpse .