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Medevac: meaning, definitions and examples

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medevac

 

[ ˈmɛdɪˌvæk ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

emergency medical services

Medevac is the transportation of patients by helicopter or airplane to a medical facility for emergency care.

Examples of usage

  • The medevac helicopter arrived at the scene of the accident.
  • They called for a medevac to airlift the injured hiker to the hospital.

Translations

Translations of the word "medevac" in other languages:

🇵🇹 evacuação médica

🇮🇳 चिकित्सा निकासी

🇩🇪 medizinische Evakuierung

🇮🇩 evakuasi medis

🇺🇦 медична евакуація

🇵🇱 ewakuacja medyczna

🇯🇵 医療避難 (いりょうひなん)

🇫🇷 évacuation médicale

🇪🇸 evacuación médica

🇹🇷 tıbbi tahliye

🇰🇷 의료 대피 (의료 대피)

🇸🇦 إجلاء طبي

🇨🇿 lékařská evakuace

🇸🇰 lekárska evakuácia

🇨🇳 医疗疏散 (yīliáo shūsàn)

🇸🇮 medicinska evakuacija

🇮🇸 læknisflutningur

🇰🇿 медициналық эвакуация

🇬🇪 სამედიცინო ევაკუაცია

🇦🇿 tibbi təxliyə

🇲🇽 evacuación médica

Word origin

The term 'medevac' originated during the Korean War in the early 1950s. It is a contraction of the words 'medical evacuation'. Medevac has since become a common term used in emergency medical services and military operations to refer to the transportation of patients in need of urgent medical care.

Word Frequency Rank

Ranking #39,094, this word is encountered relatively rarely in everyday English. It might appear in literary works or specialized texts but isn't essential for general communication.