# medic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɛdɪk/ · frequency rank #16,748

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).

## Easily confused with
- **mic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mic)
- **Mei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mei)
- **Modi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-modi)
- **MIDI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-midi)
- **Mein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mein)
- **Merc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-merc)
- **Meir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-meir)
- **music** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-music)
- **merit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-merit)
- **mimic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mimic)
- **Mehdi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mehdi)
- **Mexico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-mexico)
- **medium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medium)
- **metric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-metric)
- **Medina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medina)
- **Medici** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medici)
- **medical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-medical)
- **melodic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medic-vs-melodic)
- **med** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/med-vs-medic)
- **MDC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mdc-vs-medic)

## Common misspellings (7)
`emdic`, `mdeic`, `medci`, `meddic`, `medicc`, `meidc`, `mmedic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/medic