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Medic   /mˈɛdɪk/   Listen
noun
Medic  n.  (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is Medicago sativa.


Medic  n.  
1.
A person who serves to provide medical care.
2.
Specifically: (Mil.) A member of the medical corps in the military.
3.
A medical doctor.
4.
A medical student.


adjective
Medic  adj.  Medical. (R.)





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"Medic" Quotes from Famous Books



... medic officer spoke in shocked surprise. "Why, he's the man who wrote 'Children of the Mist', 'Rose of Death', ...
— Time and Time Again • Henry Beam Piper
... doughboy or medic or engineer who stood there at bay those three invincible days, Bolsheozerki means deep snow, bitter cold, cheerless tents, whiz-bangs, high explosive, shrap, rat-tat-tat interminable, roar and crash, and zipp and pop of explosive bullet, with catch-as-catch-can ...
— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore
... Elbertson was already in such violent throes of nausea that his attending medic was having difficulty reading his dosimeter as he made use of the plastic bag attached to his hammock; and he was obviously, for the moment at least, one of the least dignified of the ...
— Where I Wasn't Going • Walt Richmond


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