paramedicaladj.1n.
/ˌparəˈmɛdᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmɛdək(ə)l/ A. adj.1
Associated with or related to medicine or the medical profession; spec. designating or relating to fields considered to be allied or auxiliary to medicine, such as physiotherapy, social work, etc.; designating or relating to workers in such fields. More recently also: of, relating to, or designating emergency medical personnel (cf. paramedic n.2 and adj.).
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] > paramedical
paramedical1911
the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [adjective]
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paramedic1970
1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Jan. 149/2 Biologica..seems to us to give the busy doctor an easy means of keeping himself abreast of the progress of the ‘paramedical’ sciences.
1921 Lancet 15 Oct. 814/1 Para-medical research. The report for 1920–21 of the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research touches the fringe of several medical problems and describes work linked at several points with that being undertaken under the auspices of the Medical Research Council.
1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 303 Marriage guidance, premarital examinations, eugenic prognosis, birth control, and treatment of infecundity have recently been described as ‘para-medical services’.
1972 Sci. Amer. Feb. 117/1 Intended largely for paramedical students, nurses and technicians, it presents..a review of the general structure of the body.
1991 Lancet 9 Feb. 366/2 Chest compression..can be given to unintubated, spontaneously breathing patients as part of first-line treatment by paramedical staff.
2000 Brit. Jrnl. Gen. Pract. 50 235/2 (advt.) Keep up to date with complementary medicine and paramedical therapies.
B. n.
A paramedical worker. Cf. paramedic n.2
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun]
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1957 W. Cohn in Commentary Sept. 281/1 The paramedicals have one thing in common: they all try to make their techniques intelligible to their patients.
1972 Guardian 23 Oct. 11/1 It was suggested that abortion be delegated to paramedicals.
1989 D. Judd Give Sorrow Words x. 153 The paramedicals such as social workers, teachers, psychotherapists, clergy and others.
2015 J. C. Burnham Health Care in Amer. xi. 403 Each group of specialty doctors had a corps of paramedicals and technicians who often worked in teams with physicians and nurses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
paramedicaladj.2
/ˌparəˈmɛdᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmɛdək(ə)l/ Trained to parachute to a battlefield or to the scene of an emergency in order to provide medical aid.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [adjective] > dropped by parachute
paramedical1962
1962 Flight Internat. 81 227/1 The Near East Air Force ‘para-medical’ team in Cyprus.
1974 Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 34/1 An American paramedical airman will parachute into the water off Redland Bay..as part of a simulated search and rescue operation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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