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Noun
The second officer was able to apply a tourniquet to the male victim before medics arrived.—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025 Search and Rescue members with Heber/Overgaard medics were then able to reach Johnson.—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 Following the stingray attack, Irwin was transported by boat to the Low Isles, about nine miles from the mainland, where he was pronounced dead by medics.—Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 Among the dead was local journalist Rasmi Salem, medics said.—Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 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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