Meanings
ems1
- pluralplural of em
EMS2
- USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
“Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.”
2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 101 more example
But EMS workers present a unique problem over other health care workers who are based in hospitals and clinics, they often are coming into people’s homes, Barzilay said, adding that they often respond to calls from the elderly or immunocompromised.
2020 March 21, Sonia Moghe, “EMS workers expected to keep working after coronavirus exposure”, in CNN - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of electrical muscle stimulation.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of encephalomyosynangiosis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
- abbreviationcountablehistoricalinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of environmental management system.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of electromagnetic suspension
Ems3
Ems4
- A diminutive of the female given names Emma and Emily.
Ems5
- Alternative letter-case form of ems.
EMs6
- pluralplural of EM
Origin
Ems · proper noun
- LatinAmisia
- GermanEms
- EnglishEms
From German Ems, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia.
Full word history & related roots →Ems · proper noun
From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
ems. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems
“ems.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ems,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems.
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