medic

med·ic ¹

or med·ick M0190400 (mĕd′ĭk)n. Any of various Eurasian and African plants of the genus Medicago of the pea family, having clusters of small, usually yellow flowers and compound leaves with three leaflets. Several species are grown for fodder and green manure.

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[Middle English medike, from Latin Mēdica, from Greek Mēdikē, from feminine of Mēdikos, of Media, from Mēdos, a Mede; see Mede.]

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med·ic ²

M0190400 (mĕd′ĭk)n.1. A member of a military medical corps.2. A physician or surgeon.3. A medical student or intern.

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[Latin medicus, physician; see medical.]

medic

(ˈmɛdɪk) n1. (Professions) informal a doctor, medical orderly, or medical student2. (Medicine) informal a doctor, medical orderly, or medical student[C17: from medical]

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medic

(ˈmɛdɪk) n (Plants) the usual US spelling of medick

med•ic¹

(ˈmɛd ɪk)

n. 1. a military medical corpsman. 2. a doctor; intern. [1650–60; < Latin medicus; see medical]

med•ic²

(ˈmɛd ɪk)

n. any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop. [1400–50; late Middle English medike < Latin mēdica < Greek (póa) Mēdikḗ literally, Median (grass)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	medic - any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leavesmedick, trefoilherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Medicago, Medicago - a genus of herbs that resemble cloverMedicago arborea, moon trefoil - evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped podsMedicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick - European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped podsCalvary clover, Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta - an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spotsblack medick, hop clover, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil - prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North Americaalfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa - important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
	2.	medic - a medical practitioner in the armed forcesmedical officerarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"flight surgeon - a medical officer specializing in aviation medicinemedical man, medical practitioner - someone who practices medicineSurgeon General - the senior medical officer in an Army or Navy

medic

noun doctor, physician, medical practitioner A Navy medic was wounded by sniper fire.

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