"medic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɛdɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medic.wav
Rhymes: -ɛdɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{bor|en|la|medicus||of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon|g=m}} Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} medic (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-medic-en-adj-FQ1nVc~1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛdɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medic.wav Forms: medics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{bor|en|la|medicus||of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon|g=m}} Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} medic (plural medics)
  1. A physician. Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations, People
    Sense id: en-medic-en-noun-VTNfILyM Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 0 40 28 27 5 Disambiguation of People: 0 33 25 31 12
  2. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-medic-en-noun-qBlL-Fts Disambiguation of People: 0 33 25 31 12
  3. A medical student. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-medic-en-noun-ITj0x-s0 Disambiguation of People: 0 33 25 31 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 5 76 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 1 3 55 15 0 9 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 2 64 17 0 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: medical, medicament, medication, medicate, medicinal, medicine, premedication
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛdɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medic.wav Forms: medics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪk Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)
  1. Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: medick (extra: herb of the genus Medicago) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-medic-en-noun-cM8OYTqc Disambiguation of People: 0 33 25 31 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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