as in doctor
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
the wounded soldier called for a medic
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Recent Examples of medic
In the scene, Kenia bumps her foot into a floor lamp, cracking her pedicure nail, and forcing a medic to rip the nail off and wrap the toe in gauze.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
SkyMed follows the triumphs and tribulations of young medics and pilots who fly air ambulances across the remote skies of Northern Canada, weaving together intense journeys with jaw-dropping medical rescues 20,000 feet in the air in the most remote conditions.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Thinking this hiker was the original one who needed help, the helicopter team lowered a medic, rescuers said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Israeli forces struck that same stairwell minutes later again, killing medics, first responders and four more journalists working for international media, including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
SkyMed follows the triumphs and tribulations of young medics and pilots who fly air ambulances across the remote skies of Northern Canada, weaving together intense journeys with jaw-dropping medical rescues 20,000 feet in the air in the most remote conditions.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Thinking this hiker was the original one who needed help, the helicopter team lowered a medic, rescuers said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Israeli forces struck that same stairwell minutes later again, killing medics, first responders and four more journalists working for international media, including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medic
Noun
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Julia Norem, now a doctor in the Fayetteville area, lost her father Walt Norem in that plane crash.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sutton-Schulman got L settled in, met with his doctors and, for the first time in months, felt some hope.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cassidy, a longtime physician, questioned Kennedy.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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That’s how three American physicians described the Gaza Strip after spending several weeks treating the sick and wounded there last month.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Medic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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