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PARAMEDICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paramedical mean?
• PARAMEDICAL (noun)
The noun PARAMEDICAL has 1 sense:
1. a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
Familiarity information: PARAMEDICAL used as a noun is very rare.
• PARAMEDICAL (adjective)
The adjective PARAMEDICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities
Familiarity information: PARAMEDICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
paramedic; paramedical
Hypernyms ("paramedical" is a kind of...):
paraprofessional (a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional)
Derivation:
paramedical (of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
ambulance drivers are paramedical personnel
Pertainym:
paramedic (a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment)
Derivation:
paramedic; paramedical (a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment)
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