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medevac¹

  • /ˈmɛdɪvæk/

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Syllabic abbreviation of medical evacuation, equivalent to med + evac.

noun medevacs · MEDEVAC · med-evac · medivac

  1. countable, uncountable The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
  2. countable, uncountable A vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility. Dr. Isom arrived with a Russian specialist named Shaknovich on a medevac.
  3. countable, uncountable Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.

verb medevacs · medevacing · medevacking · medevaced · medevacked

  1. transitive To transport (patients) by medevac. Uncleʼs frequent trips to the nursing station get him medevaced out for testing.

MEDEVAC²

noun MEDEVACs

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of medevac

verb MEDEVACs · MEDEVACing · MEDEVACed

  1. alternative Alternative form of medevac

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"medevac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/medevac. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{medevac_2026,
  title = {medevac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medevac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}