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 Bystanders in the area immediately came to the woman’s aid until officers and medics from the fire department arrived. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 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 Today’s Army also extends far beyond traditional combat roles, offering more than 200 career fields, ranging from medics and helicopter mechanics to cybersecurity, engineering, military intelligence and animal care. — Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Another couple was killed with their child in a strike on an apartment in Gaza City, where ‌two more people died in a strike on a tent near the office of the ‌Egyptian representative mission, medics said. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026

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From 2010 to 2024, cancer drug revenue to doctors and hospitals increased from about $9 billion to nearly $36 billion, according to research by Aaron Mitchell of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
There are so many ways that the hospital can and must accommodate doctors.

— Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

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