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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
1965–70, Americanism; med(ical) evac(uation); presumably by ellipsis from medevac helicopter
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| med·e·vac (měd'ĭ-vāk') n.
To transport (a patient) to a place where medical care is available. [med(ical) + evac(uation).] |
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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
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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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