: any of a genus (Medicago) of leguminous herbs (such as alfalfa)
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Noun (1)
the wounded soldier called for a medic
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Another in Gaza City killed 27 members of a family, half of them women and children, including a 1-year-old, according to a list of the dead put out by Palestinian medics.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Palestinian medics said Israeli tank shelling on the Salahdeen Road killed one Palestinian and wounded others, while an Israeli airstrike killed three people in a house in Beit Lahiya town north of the enclave.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Colleagues put the firefighter in a bucket and brought him down to the ground, where medics immediately started working on him.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Police said officers began life-saving efforts until medics arrived; Styles was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Another in Gaza City killed 27 members of a family, half of them women and children, including a 1-year-old, according to a list of the dead put out by Palestinian medics.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Palestinian medics said Israeli tank shelling on the Salahdeen Road killed one Palestinian and wounded others, while an Israeli airstrike killed three people in a house in Beit Lahiya town north of the enclave.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Colleagues put the firefighter in a bucket and brought him down to the ground, where medics immediately started working on him.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for medic
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“Medic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medic. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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