Definition of "medivac" [medivac]

• The emergency transportation, usually by air, of patients to a medical facility. (noun)
• A vehicle used for emergency transportation of patients to a medical facility. (noun)
• Trained personnel who care for patients during emergency transportation to a medical facility. (noun)
• To transport patients by medevac. (verb)

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• "A major part of this relief effort, U.S. medical evacuation missions called medivac that are swooping into Port-au-Prince to save lives."
• "SUDDARTH: I think the weather was not great, but it wasn't -- it wasn't -- it wouldn't complicate any kind of medivac or anything like that."
• "It took that long for the medivac chopper to reach them."