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Noun
Volunteer medics and chaplains also roam neighborhoods where ICE operations play out, ready to tend to anyone impacted by tear gas or pepper spray.—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026 Officers helped the man until medics arrived at the scene and officials said the man was taken to an area hospital and was last said to be in stable condition.—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026 Officers provided first aid to the man until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, police said.—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026 Police performed life-saving measures until medics arrived and took Wilson to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 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