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Set in the fictional city of Lionara, the series centers on a disillusioned soldier and a rogue medic forced into an unlikely alliance after an infected man develops abilities that could accelerate human evolution — or trigger its end.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026 Air defenses intercepted most of the weapons, but debris and bomblets from the cluster munitions fell in several places, including in Tel Aviv where an elderly man was lightly injured in an apartment building, according to medics.—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Police, firefighters and medics responded on the report of the one-car crash and found that one person had to be removed from the vehicle by firefighters, Vafiades said.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 Campaigners, medics and other experts also weigh in, but the storytelling is focused on the couples.—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medic
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English medike, from Latin medica, from Greek mēdikē, from feminine of mēdikos of Media, from Mēdia Media