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Etymology
Syllabic abbreviation of medical evacuation.
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Noun
medevac (countable and uncountable, plural medevacs)
- The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
- A vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility.
2009, Larry King, My Remarkable Journey, Weinstein Books, page 205:Dr. Isom arrived with a Russian specialist named Shaknovich on a medevac.
- Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.
Verb
medevac (third-person singular simple present medevacs, present participle medevacking or medevacing, simple past and past participle medevacked or medevaced)
- (transitive) To transport (patients) by medevac.
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