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medevac

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med⋅e⋅vac

[med-uh-vak] noun, verb, -vacked, -vack⋅ing.
–noun
1. a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.
2. an ambulance or other vehicle equipped for emergency transport of medical patients.
3. any of the trained personnel transporting or otherwise tending to the sick or wounded in a medevac.
–verb (used with object)
4. to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.
Also, Med⋅e⋅vac, medivac.


Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation); presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
med·e·vac   (měd'ĭ-vāk')   
n.  
  1. Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive medical or surgical care; medical evacuation.
  2. A helicopter or other aircraft used for such transport.
tr.v.   med·e·vaced, med·e·vac·ing, med·e·vacs
To transport (a patient) to a place where medical care is available.

[med(ical) + evac(uation).]

Main Entry: 1med·e·vac
Variant: also med·i·vac /'med-&-"vak/
Function: noun
1 : emergency evacuation of the sick or wounded (as from a combat area)
2 : a helicopter used for medevac

Main Entry: 2medevac
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -vacked; -vack·ing
: to transport in a medevac helicopter

medevac med·e·vac (měd'ĭ-vāk')
n.

  1. Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive medical or surgical care; medical evacuation.
  2. A helicopter or other aircraft used for such transport.
v. med·e·vaced, med·e·vac·ing, med·e·vacs
To transport a patient to a place where medical care is available.

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