paradoctor Chiefly U.S.
(ˈpærəˌdɒktə(r))
[f. para-3 + doctor n. 6.]
A doctor who is parachuted to patients in remote areas.
| 1944 Time 10 July 92/3 He is one of six paradoctors attached to the Search and Rescue Station of the Second Air Force. 1947 Birmingham (Alabama) News 30 May 1/7 A paradoctor from Athens..parachuted into the jungle. 1949 Ibid. 7 Aug. 1/7 Dr...Little,..former Army para⁓doctor, gave first aid to the injured. |