medivac
medivac is the alternative form of medevac.
Meaning of medevac
Noun
medevac (countable and uncountable, plural medevacs)
- The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
- A vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility.
- Dr. Isom arrived with a Russian specialist named Shaknovich on a medevac.2009, Larry King, My Remarkable Journey, Weinstein Books, page 205
- Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.
Forms of medivac
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | medivacs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | medivacs |
| present participle | medivacing |
| present participle | medivacking |
| past participle | medivaced |
| past | medivaced |
| past participle | medivacked |
| past | medivacked |
Questions about medivac
- What is medivac the alternative form of?
- Medivac is the alternative form of medevac.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: medivac (page history and authors); medevac (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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