medical

See also: médical

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French medical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/
• Hyphenation: med‧i‧cal

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Adjective

medical (comparative more medical, superlative most medical)

1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   medical doctor; medical student

   Do you have any medical experience?

   • 2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10:

     The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.

   medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment

3. Requiring medical treatment.

   A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.

4. Pertaining to the state of one's health.

   medical examinaton; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis

5. (UK) Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.

   medical ward

Synonyms

• (medicinal): curative, therapeutic

Derived terms

• medical doctor
• medical history
• medical record
• medical student

 

Translations

of the practice of medicine

• Arabic: طِبِّيّ‎ (ṭibbiyy)
• Azerbaijani: tibbi (az)
• Bulgarian: медицински (medicinski)
• Catalan: mèdic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫 (zh), 医 (zh) (yī), 藥 (zh), 药 (zh) (yào)

• Czech: lékařský (cs)
• Danish: medicinsk
• Dutch: medisch (nl)
• Finnish: lääketieteellinen (fi), lääkäri-, lääketieteen (fi), lääketiede-, lääkehoito-, lääkinnällinen (fi)
• French: médical (fr)
• Galician: médico (gl)
• German: medizinisch (de)
• Greek: ιατρικός (el) (iatrikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἰατρικός (iatrikós)

• Hebrew: רפואי \ רְפוּאִי‎ (he) (refuí)
• Icelandic: læknisfræðilegur (is)
• Indonesian: medis (id)
• Italian: medico (it)
• Kazakh: медициналық (medïcïnalıq)
• Latvian: medicīnisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: medisinsk

  Nynorsk: medisinsk

• Polish: medyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: médico (pt)
• Russian: медици́нский (ru) (medicínskij), враче́бный (ru) (vračébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigh, meadaigeach
• Serbo-Croatian: medicinski (sh)
• Slovene: medicínski
• Spanish: médico (es)
• Swedish: medicinsk (sv)
• Turkish: tıbbi (tr)
• Ukrainian: меди́чний (uk) (medýčnyj), лі́карський (líkarsʹkyj)

medicinal

• Finnish: lääke-, lääkinnällinen (fi)

requiring medical treatment

• Finnish: sairas-

pertaining to health

• Finnish: lääkärin (fi), terveys-

Noun

medical (plural medicals)

1. (informal) A medical examination.

   You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.

   • 2014, Jamie Jackson, "Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:

     After completing a medical and the requisite paperwork on Tuesday to seal the deal, Di María said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

   • 2021 November 17, “Network News: Age-related medical requirements”, in RAIL, number 944, page 9:

     All UK train drivers must undergo a medical every three years up to the age of 54, and annually from then on.

Related terms

• medicate
• medicine

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, decimal, declaim, maliced

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Interlingua

Adjective

medical (not comparable)

1. medical (pertaining to medicine, health care, etc.)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin medicālis, from medius (“middle”).

Adjective

medical m

1. Of or relating to the middle finger.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French médical.

Adjective

medical m or n (feminine singular medicală, masculine plural medicali, feminine and neuter plural medicale)

1. medical

Declension

Declension of medical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	medical		medicală	medicali	medicale
	definite	medicalul		medicala	medicalii	medicalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	medical		medicale	medicali	medicale
	definite	medicalului		medicalei	medicalilor	medicalelor