different between medic vs medick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d?k/
• Homophone: medick
• Rhymes: -?d?k

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).

Adjective

medic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Noun

medic (plural medics)

1. A doctor.
2. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
3. A medical student.

Related terms

• medical
• medicament
• medication
• medicate
• medicinal
• medicine
• premedication

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)

1. Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”)

Further reading

• medic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• medic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• medic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• decim, demic, miced

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin medicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me.dik/

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)

1. medical

Declension

Synonyms

• medical

Noun

medic m (plural medici, feminine equivalent medic?)

1. doctor, physician

Declension

Synonyms

• doctor

Derived terms

• protomedic

Related terms

• medica
• medicament
• medicamenta
• medicamentare
• medicin?
• medico-

Etymology 2

From med (“Median”) +? -ic.

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)

1. Median

Declension

Related terms

• med
• Media

References

• medic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Alternative forms

• medic

Etymology 1

From Middle English medike, from Latin m?dica, from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?dík?), short for ?????? ??? (M?dik? póa, “Median grass”); so called because medick was imported from Media to Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars.

Noun

medick (usually uncountable, plural medicks)

1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

Synonyms

• burclover

Derived terms

• black medick (Medicago lupulina)
• purple medick (Medicago sativa)
• shield medick (Medicago scutellata)
• sickle medick (Medicago falcata)
• tree medick (Medicago arborea)
• yellow medick (Medicago falcata)

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

medick (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of medic (“medical”)

References