medivac
4
4.6
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪˌvæk/
- Specialized
:
evacuación médica
- The team coordinated a medivac to ensure timely medical care for the unconscious patient.
- medivac helicopter
- medivac flight
Examples
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A medivac chopper swoops down, lands on the big white cross on the helipad tarmac.
Fiction book (2002) -
The paramedics called for a medivac to airlift the injured hiker to the hospital.
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We need a medivac now!
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I need a medivac now.
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Command, Chalk Four is requesting medivac.
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A helipad is being set up for the medivac flights needed to transport the most critically wounded to area hospitals.
Fiction book (1996) -
Requesting a medivac for a critically wounded at Chalk Four's location.
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The crowd points and stares as a white medivac helicopter descends from the sky, lights flashing, and lands on the roof.
Fiction book (2002) -
After the accident, they realized they needed a medivac to urgently transport the victim.
Synonyms
25
4.9
An emergency flight that takes injured people to a hospital
2
3.9
The transport of injured and sick people by plane or helicopter to a hospital
How Urgent
- Specialized
4
4.6
485
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
medivac = medical + evacuation (transparent) = med + evac
Formed as a clipped blend of 'medical' + 'evacuation' (i.e., 'medical evacuation'), so the emergency-transport meaning is directly deducible from the components.
Etymology
Medivac is a short form of medical and evacuation, meaning 'medical evacuation'. So a medivac is usually a helicopter or plane that quickly carries sick or hurt people to a hospital.