Meanings
nounparamedic (plural paramedics)
plural paramedics
- USA person who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency prehospital setting.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
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Arabic مُسْعِف, مُسْعِفة
- مُسْعِف (musʕif)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- مُسْعِفة (musʕifa)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Catalan paramèdic
- paramèdicperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Chinese Mandarin 輔助醫護人員 /辅助医护人员
- 輔助醫護人員 /辅助医护人员 (fǔzhù yīhù rényuán)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Danish paramediciner
- paramedicinerperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Esperanto ambulancisto, ambulancistino
- ambulancistoperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ambulancistinoperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Finnish ensihoitaja
- ensihoitajaperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
French ambulancier, ambulancière
- ambulancierperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ambulancièreperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- brancardierperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- brancardièreperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
German Sanitäter, Sanitäterin
- Sanitäterperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- Sanitäterinperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- Rettungssanitäterperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- Rettungssanitäterinperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- Sanitätspersonalperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Greek παραϊατρικό προσωπικό, διασώστης
- παραϊατρικό προσωπικό (paraïatrikó prosopikó)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- διασώστης (diasóstis)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Hindi पराचिकित्सा
- पराचिकित्सा (parācikitsā)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Hungarian mentős, mentőápoló
- mentősperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- mentőápolóperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- mentőtisztperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- rohammentősperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Indonesian paramedis
- paramedisperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Italian paramedico
- paramedicoperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Japanese コ・メディカル, コメディカル
- コ・メディカル (ko-medikaru)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- コメディカル (komedikaru)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- 医療補助者 (iryō hojosha)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Māori manapou
- manapouperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Norwegian Bokmål ambulansepersonell, ambulansearbeider
- ambulansepersonellperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ambulansearbeiderperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- paramedicperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Polish ratownik, ratowniczka
- ratownikperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ratowniczkaperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ratownik medycznyperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- ratowniczka medycznaperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Portuguese paramédico, paramédica
- paramédicoperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- paramédicaperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Romanian paramedic, paramedică
- paramedicperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- paramedicăperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Russian санита́р, санита́рка
- санита́р (sanitár)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- санита́рка (sanitárka)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- параме́дик (paramédik)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- фе́льдшер (félʹdšer)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Spanish paramédico, paramédica
- paramédicoperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- paramédicaperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Swedish ambulanspersonal, akutvårdare
- ambulanspersonalperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- akutvårdareperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- sjukvårdareperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Turkish sıhhiyeci, acıl tıp teknisyeni
- sıhhiyeciperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- acıl tıp teknisyeniperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
- paramedikperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Welsh parafeddyg
- parafeddygperson trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
Yiddish פֿעלדשער
- פֿעלדשער (feldsher)person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
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APA
paramedic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramedic
MLA
“paramedic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramedic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paramedic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paramedic.
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