mediatrix (mediatriks)

[ 3683 The good counte spoke somewhat of your desire of letters; but I am afraid she is not a proper mediatrix to those persons; but I counsel in the dark. Donne, Letters, xxvi. med i basilic (mē"di-ba-sil'ik), a. [ med i ( an ) + basilic.] Connecting the median and the basilic vein of the arm: specifically said of the median basilic vein. Coues , 1887. medicl (med'ik), a . and n . [OF. medique = Sp. médico = Pg. It. medico , L. medic us , of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medic us , m., a physician, doctor, surgeon, LL. medic a , f., a female physician, midwife; mederi , heal, = Zend madh , treat medically. Hence medical , medicine , remedy.] I. a. Same as medical . [Rare.] Should untun'd Nature crave the medick art, What health can that contentious tribe impart? Pomfret , Poems. II. n. A physician or doctor; a medical student. [Colloq.] Medic is the legitimate paronym of medic us, but is commonly regarded as slang. B. G. Wilder, Jour. Nervous Diseases (1885), xii.