Main Entry: para·med·ic

Pronunciation: \ˌpar-ə-ˈmed-ik\

Variant(s): also para·med·i·cal \-i-kəl\

Function: noun

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