paramedis
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, compare to Dutch paramedicus, French paramédical.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paramedis (plural paramedis-paramedis, first-person possessive paramedisku, second-person possessive paramedismu, third-person possessive paramedisnya)
- allied health: the range of health care services outside the scope of the medicine, dentistry and nursing professions, e.g. music therapy, physiotherapy, optometry, etc.
- Synonym: kesihatan bersekutu (Standard Malay)
- paramedic: an individual trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions, victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and preparing them for transport to a medical facility.
Further reading
[edit]- “paramedis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.