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medic
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d?k/
- Homophone: medick
- Rhymes: -?d?k
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)
- Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
Noun
medic (plural medics)
- A doctor.
- A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
- A medical student.
Related terms
- medical
- medicament
- medication
- medicate
- medicinal
- medicine
- premedication
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)
- Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”)
Further reading
- medic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- medic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- medic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- decim, demic, miced
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin medicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me.dik/
Adjective
medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)
- medical
Declension
Synonyms
- medical
Noun
medic m (plural medici, feminine equivalent medic?)
- doctor, physician
Declension
Synonyms
- doctor
Derived terms
- protomedic
Related terms
- medica
- medicament
- medicamenta
- medicamentare
- medicin?
- medico-
Etymology 2
From med (“Median”) +? -ic.
Adjective
medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)
- Median
Declension
Related terms
- med
- Media
References
- medic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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medication
English
Etymology
From Middle French médication, from Latin medicatio, from medicari (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from mederi (“to heal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?d??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)
- A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- The administration of medicine.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- medication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- medication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- medication at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- decimation
Interlingua
Noun
medication (plural medicationes)
- medication, medicine
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