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Noun
The victim suffered a facial wound during the attack and was taken by medics to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025 The child was evaluated by medics and reunited with her mother, per NBC10.—Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 More than 80 people were killed in Gaza following Israeli strikes on Sunday and Monday, medics and health authorities in the enclave said.—Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025 The dispatcher questioned the timeline of events and asked if the child had been sick lately, saying police and medics were on the way.—Lauren J. Young, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medic
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English medike, from Latin medica, from Greek mēdikē, from feminine of mēdikos of Media, from Mēdia Media
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