MEDICS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

medics

noun

plural of medic

as in doctors

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders the wounded soldier called for a medic

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Recent Examples of medics Harper said the driver was unresponsive, and the officer removed the driver and began to perform CPR until Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District medics arrived. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The garden and museum honor military veterans, firefighters, law enforcement officers, medics, and service animals. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026 An ambulance sent to rescue her was also attacked by the Israeli military, killing two medics. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 He was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital by medics, where he was treated for his injuries. — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 The military admitted Wednesday that troops had fired toward that ambulance, killing the two medics. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Cornejo was already out of his vehicle and being treated by medics when state police arrived. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Responding officers used a tourniquet on the girl’s hand before medics rushed her to Staten Island University Hospital North for care. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 Neither of the two blasts Shearer experienced in Iraq produced obvious injuries, and medics prioritized Marines who were more badly hurt. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and his brothers Zeke and Rahm have donated $550,000 towards a program to train Palestinian doctors from the West Bank at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Knight claimed that Afeni allegedly gave her son pills to end his life, though doctors brought him back.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of doctors

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Patients, doulas, and physicians are often responding to different versions of the same birth.

— Debra Eluobaju, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
The plan includes several standalone offices for physicians, specialty medical groups, and health systems, tink Crescent said Thursday.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

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