medic
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
noun
- A physician.
- A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
- A medical student.
noun
- Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”).
name
- The Median language.
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Etymology
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”).
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