"EMT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: EMTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} EMT (plural EMTs)
  1. (emergency medical services) Initialism of emergency medical technician. Wikidata QID: Q1497094 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: emergency medical technician Synonyms: paramedic[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: technician, first responder, worker, person Coordinate_terms: EMR
    Sense id: en-EMT-en-noun-en:Q1497094 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Healthcare occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 16 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 6 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 12 36 Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 76 7 17
  2. Initialism of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Wikidata QID: Q74419 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: epithelial-mesenchymal transition
    Sense id: en-EMT-en-noun-en:Q74419
  3. Initialism of electrical metal tubing (“a type of conduit for electrical wiring; zinc-plated steel tubing”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: electrical metal tubing (extra: a type of conduit for electrical wiring; zinc-plated steel tubing) Hypernyms: conduit, tubing
    Sense id: en-EMT-en-noun-en:type_of_Q1719631
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: EMT-I

Inflected forms

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