any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
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a medical practitioner in the armed forces
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Medic \Med"ic\, n. A person who serves to provide medical care. [PJC]
2. Specifically: (Mil.) A member of the medical corps in the military. [PJC]
3. A medical doctor. [PJC]
4. A medical student. [PJC]
Medic \Med"ic\, a. [L. medicus.] Medical. [R.]
Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus {Medicago}. The black medic is the {Medicago lupulina}; the purple medic, or lucern, is {Medicago sativa}.
medick \medick\ n. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus {Medicago} having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. [Also spelled {medic}.]
Syn: trefoil. [WordNet 1.5]
His condition is hopeless," said Yossi Fahima, an emergency service medic.
Bush also read a touching letter written by PFC James Markwell, a 20-year-old Army Ranger medic who died during the first hours of the invasion.
The government assumed responsibility in this case when Navy corpsmen found the drunk medic but failed to report his condition or that he was armed in violation of Navy rules, Stevens said.
"He's gone, we've lost him!" one medic yells as a man with a bullet hole in his chest gurgles and shakes.
During a break, a 20-year-old medic from Newburgh, N.Y., lightens his pack a bit by taking a few gulps.
It's really too late now for medic or shrink: I'm dying of civilization.
Willy Sowles, then 32, a medic who had also served in World War II, disappeared when Communist Chinese Army forces overwhelmed the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division in 1951 at the Battle of Kunu-Ri in what is now North Korea.
McGee says he has worked within the system most of his public career, whether as a Vietnam War medic, political activist or alderman.
There were dismembered pieces of bodies all over the place," said the medic, who declined to give his name.
The 11 photos show dead or wounded soldiers and civilians, including one of bodies of 13 Vietnamese lying face down on a mud flat and another of a medic attending to a young girl with a hole in her thigh.
A soldier from Cincinnati _ James Markwell, a 21-year-old medic _ also was identified by his family as being among those killed.
"He's gone; we've lost him!" a medic yells as a man with a bullet hole in his chest gurgles and shakes.
This medic had been wounded but repeatedly braved fire to rescue other wounded, pulling soldier after soldier to safety.