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Noun
Ruby Perkins remembers watching Workman-Duffy’s mother approach her daughter as medics bent over her with an oxygen mask.—Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025 They are mostly banned from being attended to by male doctors and medics.—NPR, 14 Oct. 2025 The man had regained a pulse by the time he was transferred to Newport Beach Fire Department medics.—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025 One young woman was seen by medics at the event and did not return to the area where the incident occurred, NBC News reported.—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025 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
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