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Ems

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in northwestern Germany.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given names Emma or Emily.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "“Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.”"

  2. 2
    plural of em form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of ems. alt-of
  4. 4
    plural of EM form-of, plural
  5. 5
    Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of environmental management system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

From German Ems, from the Roman name, Latin Amisia.

Etymology 2

From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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