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Examples of medic in a Sentence
Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
Officers found Boyer unconscious, which medics believed was the result of intoxication.
—The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
The officer requested medics after airbag deployment, with the driver conscious and still inside the truck.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
In some cases, the wounded and dead are left on the battlefield, because medics are unable to reach them.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Police officers and Anchorage Fire Department medics responded to reports of the collision at 5:45 p.m.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
Police and fire medics responded at 7:55 p.m. Friday to a report of a shooting in the 4200 block of Sussex Drive.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2023
The local fire departments and medics transported the child to a nearby medical center where she was declared dead, said police.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
The child was transported by Omaha Fire Department medics to the Nebraska Medical Center, where the child was declared dead, police said.
—Chris Boyette, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English medike, from Latin medica, from Greek mēdikē, from feminine of mēdikos of Media, from Mēdia Media
Noun (2)
Latin medicus
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1625, in the meaning defined above
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“Medic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medic. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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