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Noun
The victim took himself to the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS station, and from there, medics took him to a hospital in critical condition.—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 Hundreds of others were injured, including a dozen medics, Reuters reported.—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 Some international relations experts told ABC News that there is some truth to the allegations that Cuban medical workers are often closely monitored by Cuba's government, but that the medics are also providing care to communities that would otherwise not receive it.—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 So, for their Naples apartment, the two young medics wanted to craft an ode to colorful living.—Ludovica Stevan, Architectural Digest, 5 Apr. 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