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Medical
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- 1 Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine. not-comparable, usually
"medical doctor; medical student"
- 2 Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal. not-comparable, usually
"medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment"
- 3 Requiring medical treatment. not-comparable, usually
"A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first."
- 4 Pertaining to the state of one's health. not-comparable, usually
"medical examination; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis"
- 5 Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means. not-comparable, usually
"medical ward"
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- 6 Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery. not-comparable, usually
"medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology"
- 1 requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery wordnet
- 2 of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art wordnet
- 3 relating to the study or practice of medicine wordnet
- 1 A medical examination. informal
"You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job."
- 2 a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person wordnet
- 3 A medical practitioner. archaic
"We medicals have a better way than that. When we dislike a friend of ours, we dissect him."
Etymology
Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).
Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).
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