Medic Definition
mĕdĭk
medics
noun
medics
A member of a military medical corps.
American Heritage Medicine
A physician or surgeon.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Medicago) of plants, as alfalfa, of the pea family.
Webster's New World
A medical noncommissioned officer who gives first aid in combat; aidman; corpsman.
Webster's New World
A medical student or intern.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The Median language.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Medic
Noun
Singular:
medicPlural:
medicsOrigin of Medic
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From Latin medicus (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon"), Late Latin medica (“feminine, a female physician, midwife"), from mederi (“to heal").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English medike from Latin Mēdica from Greek Mēdikē from feminine of Mēdikos of Media from Mēdos a Mede Mede
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin medicus physician medical
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Mede +"Ž -ic
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