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–noun

1.	a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.

2.	a doctor or intern.

3.	a medical student.

[Origin: 1650–60; < L medicus; see medical

]

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–noun

any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, having trifoliate leaves and grown as a forage crop.

Also, medick.

Compare alfalfa, bur clover.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME medike < L médica < Gk (póa) Médik lit., Median (grass)

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med·ic¹ or med·ick Audio Help (měd'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago in the pea family, having clusters of small, usually yellow flowers and compound leaves with three leaflets. Several species are important for fodder and green manure.

[Middle English medike, from Latin Mēdica, from Greek Mēdikē, from feminine of Mēdikos, of Media, from Mēdos, a Mede; see Mede.]

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med·ic² Audio Help (měd'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

A member of a military medical corps.
A physician or surgeon.
A medical student or intern.

[Latin medicus, physician; see medical.]

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1659, "physician, medical student," from L. medicus "physician" (see medical); modern sense of "serviceman in a military medical corps" first recorded 1925.

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1.	any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
2.	a medical practitioner in the armed forces [syn: medical officer]

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Medic

Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. ? (sc. ?) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from ? Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.

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Medic

Med"ic\, a. [L. medicus.] Medical. [R.]

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