medic

See also: Medic and mèdic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: medick
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪk

Etymology 1

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”).

Adjective

medic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Noun

medic (plural medics)

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

Derived terms

• premedic

Related terms

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

Translations

doctor — see doctor

paramedic — see paramedic

Etymology 2

Noun

medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)

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

Further reading

• “medic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “medic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “medic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• decim, demic, miced

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin medicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.dik/

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medică, masculine plural medici, feminine/neuter plural medice)

1. medical

   Synonym: 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, feminine equivalent medică)

1. doctor, physician

   Synonym: doctor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	medic	medicul	medici	medicii
genitive-dative	medic	medicului	medici	medicilor
vocative	medicule		medicilor

Derived terms

• protomedic

Related terms

• medica
• medicament
• medicamenta
• medicamentare
• medicină
• medico-

Etymology 2

From med (“Median”) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medică, masculine plural medici, feminine/neuter plural medice)

1. Median

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

Related terms

• med
• Media

References

• “medic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026