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单词 medic
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medic1

noun ˈmɛdɪkˈmɛdɪk
  • 1British informal A medical practitioner or student.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was discharged from hospital on Sunday after medics had stitched-up her head wound.
    • For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.
    • A Muslim hospital chaplain has teamed up with Bradford medics to help deliver health services sensitive to cultural needs.
    • Throughout the film, the pair are forced to grapple with ethical dilemmas about their role as medics.
    • ‘You're suffering from acute stress,’ said the medics who registered her illness as acute anxiety neurosis.
    • The episode ends with Paul's unprovoked and vicious assault on the medics.
    • Equally, though no-one would begrudge mature students retraining as medics, it is fanciful to suppose that they alone can make up the shortfall.
    • Doctors and medics treated victims at the scene as other rescue workers cut trapped passengers from the wreckage.
    • They are arresting medics and ambulance drivers, including foreign volunteer medical workers.
    • After decades of isolation, Iraq's 32 000 doctors and medics need to update their knowledge.
    • Meetings are also held with all senior medics involved in a patient's treatment.
    • The ship's operating theatre and 36-bed hospital saw doctors, nurses and medics stream aboard and become a hive of activity.
    • The medics warn of an acute shortage of anaesthetists and a shortfall of 500 GPs by 2012.
    • He has completed 11 years service and is a trained medic.
    • The public may love its angels but it holds its medics in awe.
    • One firefighter suffered burns to his neck, and was treated by ambulance medics at the scene.
    • He was rushed to Malton Hospital, but medics were unable to save him.
    • They will be accompanied by an initial medical team which includes two doctors and four medics.
    • They include a surgeon, an emergency physician, intensive care specialists, nurses and medics.
    • Instead, they say, the trained medics will be able to ease pressure on overstretched emergency hospital units.
    Synonyms
    physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, md
  • 2US A paramedic in the armed forces.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Burnham is a medic in the Army's 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash.
    • At the centre of the hearings is Schmidt and Umbach's admission that they had taken the amphetamine Dexedrine, dispensed by Air Force medics.
    • Smathers, who grew up with six sisters, said he was inspired to serve in the military by his father, who was an Army medic in World War II.
    • In World War II he served as a medic in the Army Air Forces at the Walter Reed Hospital.
    • In 1956, he was drafted by the Army Medical Corp. to serve overseas as a medic at a clinic in Germany.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin medicus 'physician', from mederi 'heal'.

Rhymes

paramedic, Samoyedic

medic2

nounˈmɛdɪkˈmɛdɪk
  • variant spelling of medick
 
 

medic1

nounˈmɛdɪkˈmedik
informal
  • 1A medical practitioner or student.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has completed 11 years service and is a trained medic.
    • Equally, though no-one would begrudge mature students retraining as medics, it is fanciful to suppose that they alone can make up the shortfall.
    • The episode ends with Paul's unprovoked and vicious assault on the medics.
    • The ship's operating theatre and 36-bed hospital saw doctors, nurses and medics stream aboard and become a hive of activity.
    • One firefighter suffered burns to his neck, and was treated by ambulance medics at the scene.
    • For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.
    • The medics warn of an acute shortage of anaesthetists and a shortfall of 500 GPs by 2012.
    • They are arresting medics and ambulance drivers, including foreign volunteer medical workers.
    • She was discharged from hospital on Sunday after medics had stitched-up her head wound.
    • After decades of isolation, Iraq's 32 000 doctors and medics need to update their knowledge.
    • A Muslim hospital chaplain has teamed up with Bradford medics to help deliver health services sensitive to cultural needs.
    • Meetings are also held with all senior medics involved in a patient's treatment.
    • Doctors and medics treated victims at the scene as other rescue workers cut trapped passengers from the wreckage.
    • The public may love its angels but it holds its medics in awe.
    • ‘You're suffering from acute stress,’ said the medics who registered her illness as acute anxiety neurosis.
    • He was rushed to Malton Hospital, but medics were unable to save him.
    • Throughout the film, the pair are forced to grapple with ethical dilemmas about their role as medics.
    • They will be accompanied by an initial medical team which includes two doctors and four medics.
    • They include a surgeon, an emergency physician, intensive care specialists, nurses and medics.
    • Instead, they say, the trained medics will be able to ease pressure on overstretched emergency hospital units.
    Synonyms
    physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, md
    1. 1.1US A medical corpsman who dispenses first aid at combat sites.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm no superwoman, just someone who can handle pain and has a couple of combat medics to keep an eye on her.
      • Now having done his duty on the fronts, Silverheart commits to being the world's greatest healer and combat medic.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.

medic2

nounˈmɛdɪkˈmedik
  • variant spelling of medick
 
 
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