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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
the wounded soldier called for a medic
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Recent Examples of medics
The 32-year-old victim was taken by medics to Mount Sinai Hospital with a minor bruise.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
In the 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite unit that trained all its medics and combatants to a high standard, preventable deaths decreased to zero.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Within minutes medics had pronounced the boy dead at the scene and noticed abrasions and darkening on his face.
—Noe Padilla, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
One officer on scene was transported by medics to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Police and medics soon arrived, failed to revive Neely, and brought him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Regrouping later at the hangar, medics took stock of the wounded — several arterial GSWs, a fractured tib-fib for Josie, and such.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
Local medics said many killed in the strike were women and children.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Palestinian medics reported that an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed at least five people, including four children.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
In the 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite unit that trained all its medics and combatants to a high standard, preventable deaths decreased to zero.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Within minutes medics had pronounced the boy dead at the scene and noticed abrasions and darkening on his face.
—Noe Padilla, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
One officer on scene was transported by medics to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
—Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024
Police and medics soon arrived, failed to revive Neely, and brought him to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Regrouping later at the hangar, medics took stock of the wounded — several arterial GSWs, a fractured tib-fib for Josie, and such.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
Local medics said many killed in the strike were women and children.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday, Palestinian medics reported that an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed at least five people, including four children.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Medics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medics. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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