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əˌvæk 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
1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation); presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
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| —n | |
| 1. | military the evacuation of casualties from forward areas to the nearest hospital or base |
| 2. | a helicopter used for transporting wounded or sick people to hospital |
| —vb , -vacs, -vacking, -vacked | |
| 3. | (tr) to transport (a wounded or sick person) to hospital by medevac |
| [C20: from med(ical) evac(uation)] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
medevac
1966, U.S. military, formed from elements of medical evacuation.
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American Heritage
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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Example sentences
For medevac crews, there are missions, and the space in between.
Weather, aircraft, or ship availability all are factors in the amount of time it takes for a medevac to occur.
The ground levelled off at a baseball diamond, the spot where the helicopter had landed for the medevac.
The single-runway airport is privately owned, but it accepts charter flights, medevac flights or helicopters.
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