medic
noun
[ ˈmɛdɪk ]
• a medical practitioner or student.
• a paramedic in the armed forces.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.
medic
noun
• variant spelling of medick.
medick
noun
• a yellow-flowered Eurasian and African plant of the pea family related to alfalfa, some kinds of which are grown for fodder or green manure.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin medica, from Greek Mēdikē (poa) ‘Median (grass)’.
