medevac: Meaning and Definition of

med•e•vac

Pronunciation: (med'u-vak"), [key]
— n., v., -vacked, -vack•ing.
—n.
  1. a helicopter for evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.
  2. an ambulance or other vehicle equipped for emergency transport of medical patients.
  3. any of the trained personnel transporting or otherwise tending to the sick or wounded in a medevac.
—v.t.
  1. to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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