ems

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proper noun

A river in northwestern Germany.

CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

ems1

noun
  1. pluralplural of em

EMS2

nounEMS (countable and uncountable, plural EMSs or EMSes)

plural EMSs · plural EMSes

  1. 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 10
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    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
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of electrical muscle stimulation.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of encephalomyosynangiosis.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
  7. abbreviationcountablehistoricalinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of environmental management system.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of electromagnetic suspension

Ems3

proper noun
  1. A river in northwestern Germany.

Ems4

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given names Emma and Emily.

Ems5

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ems.

EMs6

noun
  1. pluralplural of EM

Origin

Ems · proper noun

  1. LatinAmisia
  2. GermanEms
  3. EnglishEms

From German Ems, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia.

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Ems · proper noun

From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

ems. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems

MLA

“ems.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ems,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ems.

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