medic

¹

[ med-ik ]

noun

1. a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
2. a doctor or intern.
3. a medical student.

medic

²

or med·ick

[ med-ik ]

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, having trifoliate leaves and grown as a forage crop.

medic

¹

/ ˈmɛdɪk /

noun

1. the usual US spelling of medick

medic

²

/ ˈmɛdɪk /

noun

1. informal.
   a doctor, medical orderly, or medical student

Word History and Origins

Origin of medic¹

1650–60; < Latin medicus; medical

Origin of medic²

1400–50; late Middle English medike < Latin mēdica < Greek ( póa ) Mēdikḗ literally, Median (grass)

Word History and Origins

Origin of medic¹

C17: from medical

Example Sentences

That rifle, an officer can be heard saying, was found next to Lemp’s body before it was moved by medics.

From Washington Post

On Monday, the premier insisted he wanted to vaccinate about 14 million older and vulnerable people and their carers, including frontline medics, by the middle of February.

From Fortune

It got so dire at one point that Thompson contacted the National Guard to discuss training medics to serve as nurse’s aides because the facilities were running out of staff.

From ProPublica

The armed man and the teen victim were treated by medics at the scene and then taken to a hospital, Roessler said.

From Washington Post

The worry is that, despite scientific strides that allow medics to better understand and treat Covid-19, there aren’t enough professionals left to put that knowledge into practice.

From Fortune

A third medic, Pedro Adorno, was out front and he joined them.

From The Daily Beast

You were there when the young medic told you he died immediately.

From The Daily Beast

He was the first of many to express surprise at my passage from literature graduate to medic.

From The Daily Beast

And lo and behold, the medic who stayed behind in Tripoli saved one American life during the evacuation, according to the report.

From The Daily Beast

The show keeps a medic on set to provide emergency first aid in the event of alcohol overdose.

From The Daily Beast

The medic's fingers tightened on the needle-beam, and managed to pull the trigger.

From Project Gutenberg

"Give me your hand, please, Captain," the medic said tonelessly.

From Project Gutenberg

"They better be the right ones," he told the unconscious medic.

From Project Gutenberg

He was so bored with his own company that the Mentorian medic was a welcome sight when he came to prepare him for cold-sleep.

From Project Gutenberg

"I wish medic would find a way to keep them alive through warp," he said.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• physician
• practitioner
• surgeon