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MEDICAL EVACUATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does medical evacuation mean?
• MEDICAL EVACUATION (noun)
The noun MEDICAL EVACUATION has 1 sense:
1. the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
Familiarity information: MEDICAL EVACUATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
medevac; medical evacuation; medivac
Hypernyms ("medical evacuation" is a kind of...):
evacuation (the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection)
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