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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 days ago medic noun : one engaged in medical work or study Synonyms of medic doctor physician https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medic
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoMedic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
minus-squarezaperberry@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOdd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics. There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThey’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 days ago We just call them medics. That’s also my point.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIt can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSo? Is it so common that it’s wrong to say the word without the connotation?
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days ago also called Navy corpsman in the military USMC
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medic
Medic has the common connotation of emergency medic, also called corpsman in the military.
Odd thing to nitpick, but since we ARE nitpicking; medics might be referred to as corpsman in the US military. Other countries with militaries have them too. We just call them medics.
There’s a whole world outside of the USA.
They’re only corpsmen in the Navy. In the other branches they’re medics, except the Marines which don’t have any (they borrow corpsmen from the Navy).
That’s also my point.
It can do, but that’s no basis on which to say “they weren’t a medic”. You can correctly call a physician a medic.
Sigh. Common connotation.
So? Is it so common that it’s wrong to say the word without the connotation?