MEDIC Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

medic

noun

ˈme-dik

Definition of medic

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 Despite a statement saying the surgery had gone well, her condition worsened and medics were forced to put her on a ventilator. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 July 2026 Horne, a medic and firefighter with the Midlothian Fire Department, immediately dove into the water to search for the children, Emilie told WFAA. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 The woman was pronounced dead on the scene by Grand Prairie Fire Department medics. — Mary Ella Hastings july 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026 He was subsequently swarmed by his teammates and within minutes, medics attended to the midfielder before moving him onto a stretcher and transporting him to a hospital for further treatment. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for medic

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Noun

Then the 1815 Apothecaries’ Act in Britain required doctors to learn botany, and the demand for lectures surged, among both students and interested outsiders.

— Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
Jackson and its Miami Transplant Institute, for example, use doctors from the University of Miami Health System.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

One inherent issue in all medical specialties is that appropriate treatment is often in the eye of the physician beholder, meaning that specialists create the guidelines for when a treatment is in order.

— Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, CBS News, 13 July 2026
During an 1884 trip to Germany, Boston physician Marie Zakrzewska, one of the very few women doctors in the US, witnessed children having a whale of a time on the sand hills in Berlin’s parks.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026