Definition of Medical evacuation

1. Noun. The evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care.

Exact synonyms: Medevac, Medivac
Generic synonyms: Evacuation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medical Evacuation

medical biophysics
medical building
medical care
medical center
medical checkup
medical chemistry
medical community
medical corps
medical diagnosis
medical diathermy
medical doctor
medical doctors
medical dressing
medical errors
medical ethics
medical evacuation (current term)
medical exam
medical examination
medical examiner
medical examiners
medical expense
medical extern
medical finger
medical futility
medical genetics
medical histories
medical history
medical illustration
medical indigency
medical informatics

Literary usage of Medical evacuation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam by Peter Dorland, James Nanney (2001)
"The defenders of the outpost were the French in the early 1950s.1 By the end of 1953 the French in Indochina were using eighteen medical evacuation ..."

2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"In troop carrier nurses were assigned only to special medical evacuation Units. The first months we were in England, medical evacuation was about all the ..."

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