medevac

plural medevacs · alternative MEDEVAC · alternative med-evac · alternative medivac

1. countableuncountableThe emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility.
2. countableuncountableA vehicle, typically aircraft, used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility.

   Dr. Isom arrived with a Russian specialist named Shaknovich on a medevac.

   2009, Larry King, My Remarkable Journey, Weinstein Books, page 205

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   The village of Igiugig, Alaska, came together to light the runway for a medevac flight.

   2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2020

3. countableuncountableTrained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility.

present singular third person medevacs · participle present medevacing · participle present medevacking · participle past medevaced · past medevaced · participle past medevacked · past medevacked · alternative MEDEVAC · alternative med-evac · alternative medivac

1. transitiveTo transport (patients) by medevac.

   Uncleʼs frequent trips to the nursing station get him medevaced out for testing.

   2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 168

plural MEDEVACs

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of medevac.

present singular third person MEDEVACs · participle present MEDEVACing · participle past MEDEVACed · past MEDEVACed

1. alternativeAlternative form of medevac.