Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
One boy, 12, succumbed to the heat and passed out, with EMS medics and police rushing to help him, according to PIX 11.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
4 July 2026 Some visitors to the Great American State Fair were treated by medics Friday because of the extreme heat.—
Nicholas Kerr,
ABC News,
4 July 2026 The aftermath has left medics worried that the fallout could pave the way for a widening medical crisis of untreated injuries and infectious diseases in a healthcare system already on the brink.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026 Deputies started life-saving measures, but medics pronounced Blackshire dead, the sheriff's office said.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for medic
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English medike, from Latin medica, from Greek mēdikē, from feminine of mēdikos of Media, from Mēdia Media