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Noun
Diaz, who was just a couple of blocks from home, died after being rushed by medics to Elmhurst Hospital Center.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 Several state agencies are on standby and have prepared to deploy firefighting and storm rescue teams, including more than 200 firefighting personnel, National Guard helicopters, rescue boats, and additional ambulances and medics, the governor’s office said.—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025 The unidentified woman's body was sent back to a Gaza hospital on Thursday, medics said.—Reuters, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025 Gazan medics said that on Sunday four Palestinians, including an elderly woman, had been killed by Israeli gunfire in two separate incidents near Khan Younis and in Gaza City.—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Feb. 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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