medic

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈmɛdɪk/ UK /ˈmɛdɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field

A combat medic rushed forward to treat the wounded soldier.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person trained to give... paramediccorpsmandoctor physician nurse

Word family

Related forms medical medicine medicate medicinal

Etymology

A shortening of medical or medic(al officer), ultimately from Latin medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). A person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field.

medicus Latin medērī Latin

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

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# medic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛdɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɛdɪk/

## Meanings
1. a person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field

## Examples
- A combat medic rushed forward to treat the wounded soldier.

## Synonyms
- paramedic
- corpsman
- doctor
- physician
- nurse

## Related Forms
- medical
- medicine
- medicate
- medicinal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: medicus
- Root: medērī

## Etymology
A shortening of medical or medic(al officer), ultimately from Latin medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). A person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field.

## AI Etymology
Medic is a shortening of medical or medic(al officer), ultimately from Latin medicus ('physician'), from medērī ('to heal'). A person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field. Important recorded forms include medicus (Latin) and medērī (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person trained to give medical treatment, especially in the field. The wider family includes related words such as medical, medicine, medicate, and medicinal.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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