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▪ I. paramedical, a.1 and n.|pærəˈmɛdɪkəl|
[f. para-1 + medical a. and n.]
A. adj. Supplementary to or supporting the work of medically qualified personnel.
1921Lancet 15 Oct. 814/1 Para-medical research. The report for 1920–21 of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research touches the fringe of several medical problems and describes work linked at several points with that being undertaken under the auspices of the Medical Research Council. 1952C. P. Blacker Eugenics 303 Marriage guidance, premarital examinations, eugenic prognosis, birth control, and treatment of infecundity have recently been described as ‘para-medical services’. 1962Times 2 Mar. 5/7 Nurses and other paramedical personnel. 1969Nature 15 Feb. 604/1 If a student failed to complete the medical course, he would at least have a qualification that would enable him to take up a career in some non-medical or para⁓medical field. 1972Sci. Amer. Feb. 117/1 Intended largely for paramedical students, nurses and technicians, it presents..a review of the general structure of the body. 1977Private Eye 1 Apr. 7/3 New ventures in the para⁓medical field include Polyglot Schools (UK) limited..who canvass doctors in the Harley Street area with their scheme, ‘Arabic for the Medical Professions’.
B. n. A paramedical worker.
1972Guardian 23 Oct. 11/1 It was suggested that abortion be delegated to paramedicals. 1974Financial Times 5 July 1/8 It was announced on Wednesday that the committee, which is looking at nurses' and midwives' salaries, will also make recommendations for the ‘para⁓medicals’. 1975Nature 21 Aug. 610/3 [In China] barefoot doctors..are called ‘doctors’, not paramedicals or auxiliaries. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 16 July 872/5 The enlistment of para-medicals to perform the tasks of health care.
▪ II. paramedical, a.2|pærəˈmɛdɪkəl|
[f. para-3 + medical a. and n.]
Trained in parachuting and competent to give medical aid.
1962Flight Internat. LXXXI. 227/1 The Near East Air Force ‘para-medical’ team in Cyprus. 1974Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 34/1 An American paramedical air⁓man will parachute into the water off Redland Bay..as part of a simulated search and rescue operation. |