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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.
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Medevac
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Also, Med·e·vac, medivac.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation); presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation); presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
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Word Origin & History
medevac
1966, U.S. military, formed from elements of medical evacuation.
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Medical Dictionary
medevac med·e·vac (měd'ĭ-vāk')
n.
Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive medical or surgical care; medical evacuation.
A helicopter or other aircraft used for such transport.
To transport a patient to a place where medical care is available.
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