verb
- transporting a wounded or sick person by medical evacuation, typically by helicopter or aircraft, to a hospital or medical facility
Usage: present participle of medivac; military and emergency medical contexts; informal
Examples
- The helicopter was medivacing the injured soldier to the nearest field hospital.
- After the accident, medivacing the patient took priority over ground transport.
- Military personnel trained in medivacing casualties under fire.
- The rescue team began medivacing survivors from the remote mountain village.
- Medivacing critically ill patients can be lifesaving in remote areas.