medic

English

Etymology 1

Noun

medic (usually uncountable; plural medics)

1. Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Adjective

medic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Noun

Wikipedia medic (plural medics)

1. A doctor
2. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military
3. A medical student.

Related terms

• medical
• medicament
• medication
• medicate
• medicinal
• medicine
• premedication

Translations

doctor — see doctor

paramedic — see paramedic

External links

• medic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• medic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• medic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• demic

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medicus.

Adjective

medic ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. medical

Declension

declension of medic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	medic		medică	medici	medice
	definite	medicul		medica	medicii	medicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	medic		medice	medici	medice
	definite	medicului		medicei	medicilor	medicelor

Noun

medic m (plural medici)

1. doctor

Declension

declension of medic

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un medic	medicul	niște medici	medicii
genitive/dative	unui medic	medicului	unor medici	medicilor