medic
- Informal a physician or surgeon
- a medical student or intern
- a medical noncommissioned officer who gives first aid in combat; aidman; corpsman
- paramedic (esp. sense )
Origin of medic
Classical Latin medicus any of a genus (Medicago) of plants, as alfalfa, of the pea family
Origin of medic
Middle English medike from Classical Latin medica from Classical Greek m?dik? (poa), Median (grass), kind of clover from Media from M?dikos, of MediaMedic
Rare Median (noun)
medic
or med·ick
noun
Any of various Eurasian and African plants of the genus Medicago of the pea family, having clusters of small, usually yellow flowers and compound leaves with three leaflets. Several species are grown for fodder and green manure.
Origin of medic
Middle English medike from Latin Mēdica from Greek Mēdikē from feminine of Mēdikos of Media from Mēdos a Mede ; see Mede .noun
- A member of a military medical corps.
- A physician or surgeon.
- A medical student or intern.
Origin of medic
Latin medicus physician ; see medical .medic
Noun
(usually uncountable, plural medics)
- Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago").
Noun
(plural medics)
Anagrams
Origin
From Latin medicus (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon"), Late Latin medica (“feminine, a female physician, midwife"), from mederi (“to heal").
Proper noun
- The Median language.
Origin
Mede +"Ž -ic
