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Paramedic vs Medic - What's the difference?

paramedic | medic |

As nouns the difference between paramedic and medic

is that paramedic is an individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility while medic is an alternative spelling of |herb of the genus Medicago|lang=en.

As an adjective medic is

of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

As a proper noun Medic is

the Median language.

paramedic

English

Noun

(wikipedia paramedic) (en noun)
  • An individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility.
  • (US) An individual who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency pre-hospital setting.
  • medic

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia medic) (medics)
  • A doctor
  • A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military
  • A medical student.
  • Anagrams

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