Definition of Medic
1. Noun. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Medicago, Medicago
Specialized synonyms: Medicago Arborea, Moon Trefoil, Medicago Falcata, Sickle Alfalfa, Sickle Lucerne, Sickle Medick, Calvary Clover, Medicago Echinus, Medicago Intertexta, Black Medick, Hop Clover, Medicago Lupulina, Nonesuch Clover, Yellow Trefoil, Alfalfa, Lucerne, Medicago Sativa
2. Noun. A medical practitioner in the armed forces.
Group relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Flight Surgeon, Surgeon General
Generic synonyms: Medical Man, Medical Practitioner
Definition of Medic
1. n. A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.
2. a. Medical.
Definition of Medic
1. Proper noun. The Median language. ¹
2. Noun. Medick; any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical. ¹
4. Noun. A doctor ¹
5. Noun. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military ¹
6. Noun. A medical student. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Medic
1. one engaged in medical work [n -S]
Medical Definition of Medic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Medic
Literary usage of Medic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The one great medic is alfalfa. This plant, once thought to be adapted only to
... The best known medic (aside from alfalfa) in this country is the hop or ..."
2. Clinical diagnosis by Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst (1893)
"83 Peters, Prager medic. Wochenschr., iv. 5, 1864 ; Schmidt's Jahrbücher, cxxiii.
... medic. Societal in Erlangen, Sittings of nth June and loth Dec. 1877. ..."
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