medic
/ˈmɛdɪk/
medic adjective: of or pertaining to medicines; medical. Also the alternative spelling of medick.
Adjective
medic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
Noun
medic (plural medics)
Proper noun capitalized: Medic
Medic
- The Median language.
Also used as
medic is also the alternative spelling of medick.
Examples of medic in a sentence
- The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.
- Because the medic had been supplied with a jeep, he and his aide were classed as a motorized detachment.
- They’re known to field more combat medics and MASH units than anyone else.
Forms of medic
| plural | medics |
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Origin of medic
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.
Words formed from medic
Questions about medic
- What does medic mean?
- Medic means of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
- What part of speech is medic?
- Medic can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce medic?
- Medic is pronounced /ˈmɛdɪk/.
Words near medic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: medic (page history and authors); Medic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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