A Topical Dictionary: Search for Medical

Dictionary Results For "Medical" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

medical (no comparative or superlative)

Relating to medicine.
:Do you have any medical experience?

Translations

Hebrew: רפואי
Finnish: lääketieteellinen
German: medizinisch

Noun

medical (plural medicals)

(informal US) A medical examination.
:You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.

Derived terms

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Medical \Med"ic*al\, a. [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to
healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science,
wisdom, Gr. ? to learn, E. mind: cf. F. m['e]dical.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of
healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the
medical profession; medical services; a medical
dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
[1913 Webster]

2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the
medical properties of a plant.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet medical
adj 1: relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical
profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school"
2: requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as
opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pheumonia is a
medical disease" [ant: surgical]
3: of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: aesculapian]
n : a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests
depending on the age and sex and health of the person
[syn: checkup, medical checkup, medical examination,
medical exam, health check]

Moby Dictionary
allopathic , chiropodic , chiropractic , clinical , croaker , dental ,
doc , doctor , exodontic , homeopathic , hydropathic , iatric , medico ,
naturopathic , neurological , obstetric , orthodontic , orthopedic ,
osteopathic , pediatric , periodontic , prosthodontic , sawbones ,
surgical