noun / adjective
medic
MED-ik/ˈmedɪk/
A medical worker, especially one providing emergency or military care.
The medic bandages the injured person’s leg.
Etymology
Latin medicus named a physician. The English word later came to denote a member of a military medical corps, connecting it with the trained care-provider sense used today.
In context
Special Forces medic Jason recalls his first case: "[Our first casualty] was an amputation of his leg […] We're trained to do it.
More examples
- A medic arrived with emergency supplies.
- The unit’s medics treated the wounded.
- She trained as a combat medic.
Forms
medic · medics
medical adjective — relating to health care
Similar words
- medical worker
- The broader category.
- paramedic
- A specifically trained emergency medical professional.