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EMS¹

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Abbreviation.

noun EMSs · EMSes

  1. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides. “Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.”
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of electrical muscle stimulation
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of encephalomyosynangiosis
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
  7. abbreviation, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of environmental management system
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of electromagnetic suspension

ems²

noun

  1. plural plural of em

Ems³

Where it comes from

From German Ems, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia.

proper noun

  1. A river in northwestern Germany.

Ems⁴

Where it comes from

From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Emma and Emily.

Ems⁵

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ems

EMs⁶

noun

  1. plural plural of EM

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pica, mutton, mut, pica em, smp, system, pla, sms, sme, mms, rms, cts, crt, cms, erm, plurilateral

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@misc{ems_2026,
  title = {ems},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ems},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}