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paramedic

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency prehospital setting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paramedical

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paraprofessional

History

Etymology

From para- + medic.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْعِف (musʕif) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Arabic: مُسْعِفة (musʕifa) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Catalan: paramèdic — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 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 — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Esperanto: ambulancisto — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Esperanto: ambulancistino — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Finnish: ensihoitaja — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • French: ambulancier — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • French: ambulancière — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • French: brancardier — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • French: brancardière — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • German: Sanitäter — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • German: Sanitäterin — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • German: Rettungssanitäter — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • German: Rettungssanitäterin — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • German: Sanitätspersonal — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Greek: παραϊατρικό προσωπικό (paraïatrikó prosopikó) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Greek: διασώστης (diasóstis) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Hindi: पराचिकित्सा (parācikitsā) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Hungarian: mentős — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Hungarian: mentőápoló — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Hungarian: mentőtiszt — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Hungarian: rohammentős — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Indonesian: paramedis — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Italian: paramedico — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Japanese: コ・メディカル (ko-medikaru) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Japanese: コメディカル (komedikaru) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Japanese: 医療補助者 (iryō hojosha) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: бо́лничар (bólničar) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: болни́чарка (bolníčarka) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: санита́р (sanitár) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: санита́рка (sanitárka) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: парамедицина́р (paramedicinár) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Macedonian: парамедицина́рка (paramedicinárka) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Māori: manapou — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ambulansepersonell — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ambulansearbeider — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Norwegian Bokmål: paramedic — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Polish: ratownik — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Polish: ratowniczka — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Polish: ratownik medyczny — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Polish: ratowniczka medyczna — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Portuguese: paramédico — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Portuguese: paramédica — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Romanian: paramedic — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Romanian: paramedică — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Russian: санита́р (sanitár) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Russian: санита́рка (sanitárka) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Russian: параме́дик (paramédik) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Russian: фе́льдшер (félʹdšer) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Spanish: paramédico — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Spanish: paramédica — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Swedish: ambulanspersonal — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Swedish: akutvårdare — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Swedish: sjukvårdare — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Telugu: పారామెడిక్ (pārāmeḍik) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Turkish: sıhhiyeci — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Turkish: acıl tıp teknisyeni — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Turkish: paramedik — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Welsh: parafeddyg — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
  • Yiddish: פֿעלדשער (feldsher) — person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital
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