medevacn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻvak/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌvæk/

Forms: 1900s– medevac, 1900s– Medivac, 1900s– medivac.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medical adj., evacuation n.

Etymology: < med- or medi- (in medical adj.; compare med adj.) + evac- (in evacuation n.).The term was popularized during the period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and was perhaps modelled on an earlier term in U.S. military use, air-evac:1944 Yank 12 May 15/2 [She] became the first U.S. Army nurse serving with the Air Forces to die on air-evac duty.

Chiefly North American Military (originally U.S.)

The emergency removal of a casualty (esp. a soldier) from a war zone, esp. by military helicopter or other aircraft. Also: a military helicopter for transporting casualties in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > aircraft

ambulance aeroplane1915

ambulance airplane1918

medevac1966

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > helicopter or gyrocopter > for military use

gunship1965

medevac1966

1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 549/1 Heli-lifted Medivac [glossed Medical evacuation] Attends the WIA.

1967 Harper's Mag. Jan. 77 The two wounded Aid Men continued to crawl about and administer care. There would be no medevac; there was no landing zone for it.

1973 Maclean's July 17/3 While McCoy attended his patients, and the nurses and Thomas stood by, Logozar and Hartwell debated who would fly the medivac.

1990 AirFrame Dec. 31 The Sea King HC4s of No 846 RNAS have been painted Desert Pink for their role as medevac helicopters aboard RFA Argus.

1994 Canad. Geographic 5 May 86 While the Twin Otter was waiting on the ground, someone else in town fell seriously ill and needed a ‘medevac’ (medical evacuation).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

medevacv.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻvak/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌvæk/

Forms: 1900s– Med-Evac, 1900s– Medevac, 1900s– medevac, 1900s– Med-Evac'ed (past tense), 1900s– medevaced (past tense), 1900s– medevacked (past tense).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: medevac n.

Etymology: < medevac n.

Chiefly North American (originally U.S.).

transitive. To remove (a casualty) from a war zone, esp. by military helicopter or other aircraft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > transport the sick or injured [verb (transitive)] > by helicopter

medevac1969

society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (transitive)] > by powered aircraft > in emergency

airlift1948

heli-lift1966

medevac1969

1969 Time 28 Nov. 23 At My Lai, Ridenhour reported, one soldier shot himself in the foot so that he would be Medevacked out of the area.

1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. A. 3/3 You look at an NLF (National Liberation Front) soldier who can't get Med-Evac'ed in 20 minutes.

1991 Daily Tel. 23 Jan. 5/1 Outside in the fierce desert sun stands the chunky, short-take-off Hercules aircraft which will ‘medevac’ casualties from the front and from field hospitals behind the lines.

2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Jan. 62/1 Then he got wounded and medevacked out in a helicopter on a pile of dead bodies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medevac
释义	medevacn. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻvak/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌvæk/ Forms: 1900s– medevac, 1900s– Medivac, 1900s– medivac. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medical adj., evacuation n. Etymology: < med- or medi- (in medical adj.; compare med adj.) + evac- (in evacuation n.).The term was popularized during the period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and was perhaps modelled on an earlier term in U.S. military use, air-evac:1944 Yank 12 May 15/2 [She] became the first U.S. Army nurse serving with the Air Forces to die on air-evac duty. Chiefly North American Military (originally U.S.) The emergency removal of a casualty (esp. a soldier) from a war zone, esp. by military helicopter or other aircraft. Also: a military helicopter for transporting casualties in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > aircraft ambulance aeroplane1915 ambulance airplane1918 medevac1966 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > helicopter or gyrocopter > for military use gunship1965 medevac1966 1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 549/1 Heli-lifted Medivac [glossed Medical evacuation] Attends the WIA. 1967 Harper's Mag. Jan. 77 The two wounded Aid Men continued to crawl about and administer care. There would be no medevac; there was no landing zone for it. 1973 Maclean's July 17/3 While McCoy attended his patients, and the nurses and Thomas stood by, Logozar and Hartwell debated who would fly the medivac. 1990 AirFrame Dec. 31 The Sea King HC4s of No 846 RNAS have been painted Desert Pink for their role as medevac helicopters aboard RFA Argus. 1994 Canad. Geographic 5 May 86 While the Twin Otter was waiting on the ground, someone else in town fell seriously ill and needed a ‘medevac’ (medical evacuation). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). medevacv. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻvak/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌvæk/ Forms: 1900s– Med-Evac, 1900s– Medevac, 1900s– medevac, 1900s– Med-Evac'ed (past tense), 1900s– medevaced (past tense), 1900s– medevacked (past tense). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: medevac n. Etymology: < medevac n. Chiefly North American (originally U.S.). transitive. To remove (a casualty) from a war zone, esp. by military helicopter or other aircraft. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > transport the sick or injured [verb (transitive)] > by helicopter medevac1969 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (transitive)] > by powered aircraft > in emergency airlift1948 heli-lift1966 medevac1969 1969 Time 28 Nov. 23 At My Lai, Ridenhour reported, one soldier shot himself in the foot so that he would be Medevacked out of the area. 1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. A. 3/3 You look at an NLF (National Liberation Front) soldier who can't get Med-Evac'ed in 20 minutes. 1991 Daily Tel. 23 Jan. 5/1 Outside in the fierce desert sun stands the chunky, short-take-off Hercules aircraft which will ‘medevac’ casualties from the front and from field hospitals behind the lines. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Jan. 62/1 Then he got wounded and medevacked out in a helicopter on a pile of dead bodies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1966v.1969
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