medic
/ˈmɛdɪk/ adjective, noun, proper noun
Also a form of medick
Forms medics
- adjective Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
- noun A physician.
- noun A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
- noun A medical student.
- proper noun The Median language.
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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”).
From Mede + -ic.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.
- adjective Medical. [R.]
Etymology [L. medicus.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “medic”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details