paramedic

para·med·ic

noun \ˌpa-rə-ˈme-dik\

Definition of PARAMEDIC

1

: a person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays)

2

: a specially trained medical technician licensed to provide a wide range of emergency services (as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transportation to a hospital — compare emt

Variants of PARAMEDIC

para·med·ic also para·med·i·cal \-di-kəl\

Examples of PARAMEDIC

1. She's training to be a paramedic.

First Known Use of PARAMEDIC

1967