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paramedical
UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌpærəˈmɛdɪkəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(par′ə med′i kəl)
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026par•a•med•i•cal
(par′ə med′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj.
- Medicinerelated to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026par•a•med•ic1 /ˌpærəˈmɛdɪk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- one who is trained to assist a doctor or to give health care in the absence of a doctor.
par•a•med•ic2 /ˌpærəˈmɛdɪk, ˈpærəˌmɛd-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Militarya medic in the paratroops.
- a physician who parachutes into remote areas to give medical care.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026pa•ra1
(pä rä′, pär′ä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ras, -ra.
- Currencya former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Persian pāra literally, piece
- Turkish
- 1680–90
- Currencyan aluminum-bronze coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, the 100th part of a dinar.
- Turkish; see para1
- Serbo-Croatian pàra
- 1905–10
- Chemistrypertaining to or occupying two positions (1, 4) in the benzene ring that are separated by two carbon atoms. Cf. ortho, meta 2.
n. - Chemistrypara-dichlorobenzene.
- independent use of para-1 1875–80
- Informal Termsa paraprofessional.
- Informal Termsa paratrooper.
- by shortening of words compounded with para-1, para-3 1955–60
- MedicineAlso called parity. a woman's status regarding the bearing of viable offspring: usually followed by a Roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has given birth.
- Medicinethe woman herself. Cf. gravida.
- extracted from primapara, multipara, etc. 1880–85
- Place Namesan estuary in N Brazil: an arm of the Amazon. 200 mi. (320 km) long;
40 mi. (65 km) wide.
- Place NamesBelém.
- See Pará rubber.
para-1 ,
- a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings "at or to one side of, beside, side by side'' (parabola;
paragraph;
parallel;
paralysis), "beyond, past, by'' (paradox;
paragogue);
by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody;
paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia;
paralexia). As an English prefix, para- 1 may have any of these senses;
it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal;
paralibrarian;
parapolice.
- Chemistrya combining form designating the para (1, 4) position in the benzene ring. Abbr.: p-. Cf. meta- (def. 2c), ortho- (def. 2b). See diag. under ortho-.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] par-.
- Greek para-, combining form representing pará (preposition) beside, alongside of, by, beyond
,
- a combining form meaning "guard against,'' occurring in loanwords from French, or, via French, from Italian:parachute; parasol.
- Latin parāre to prepare
- Italian para, 3d singular present of parare to prepare against, ward off
- French
,
- a combining form extracted from parachute, forming compounds denoting persons or things utilizing parachutes or landed by parachute:paradrop; paraglider;paratrooper.
Para.,
- Place NamesParaguay.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026par•a•med•ic1
(par′ə med′ik),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who is trained to assist a physician or to give first aid or other health care in the absence of a physician, often as part of a police, rescue, or firefighting squad.
- para-1 + medic1 1950–55, American.
- Militarya medic in the paratroops.
- a doctor who parachutes into remote areas to give medical care.
adj. - of or pertaining to a paramedic or to paramedics.
- para-3 + medic1 1950–55, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
paramedic /ˌpærəˈmedɪk/, paramedical n - a person, such as a laboratory technician, who supplements the work of the medical profession
- a member of an ambulance crew trained in a number of life-saving skills, including infusion and cardiac care
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