- (especially British English, informal)
a medical student or doctor 医科学生；医生；大夫 Somebody call a medic! 快找人打电话叫医生！
- (North American English)
a person who is trained to give medical treatment, especially somebody in the armed forces （尤指军队中的）医护人员；军医
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin medicus ‘physician’, from mederi ‘heal’.