paramedic

para·med·ic

noun \ˌpar-ə-ˈmed-ik\

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 certified to provide a wide range of emergency medical services (as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transport to the hospital—compare emt

Variants of PARAMEDIC

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