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May 27, 2012
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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.
to transport (sick or wounded persons) by medevac. Also,Med'e•vac",medivac.

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