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Noun
An off-duty officer from another agency and off-duty medical personnel helped the victim until Fort Worth Fire Department medics arrived to take him to a hospital, police said.—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Dec. 2025 Others stood by doors to guide EMS and give medics an unobstructed path into the building.—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025 In many cases, there are still no medics on hand during practice sessions nationwide.—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025 Video showed medics working on at least one child on the street outside the venue as deputies cordoned off the area.—Kathleen Quinn, Sacbee.com, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medic
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Noun (1)
Middle English medike, from Latin medica, from Greek mēdikē, from feminine of mēdikos of Media, from Mēdia Media
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