paramedic
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paramedic
- /ˌpæɹəˈmɛdɪk/
- /ˌpɛɹəˈmɛdɪk/
Where it comes from
From para- + medic.
noun paramedics
- A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.
- A person who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency prehospital setting.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: paramedical, physician, doctor, emt, medic, sanitary, nursing, nurse, ambulance, allied, corpsman, paramed, ambulancier, ambulancer, blue shirt, ambulanceman
Translations
Every language
noun person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
| Español | paramédico, paramédica |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | コ・メディカル ko-medikaru, コメディカル komedikaru, 医療補助者 iryō hojosha |
| 中文 | 輔助醫護人員 /辅助医护人员 fǔzhù yīhù rényuán |
| हिन्दी | पराचिकित्सा parācikitsā |
| Português | paramédico, paramédica |
| Français | ambulancier, ambulancière, brancardier, brancardière |
| Deutsch | Sanitäter, Sanitäterin, Rettungssanitäter, Rettungssanitäterin, Sanitätspersonal |
| Italiano | paramedico |
| Ελληνικά | παραϊατρικό προσωπικό paraïatrikó prosopikó, διασώστης diasóstis |
| Română | paramedic, paramedică |
| Русский | санита́р sanitár, санита́рка sanitárka, параме́дик paramédik, фе́льдшер félʹdšer |
| العربية | مُسْعِف musʕif, مُسْعِفة musʕifa |
Talk about this word "paramedic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paramedic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. paramedic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paramedic "paramedic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paramedic.Cite this
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title = {paramedic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paramedic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
