medical

§English

§Etymology

From Middle French medical, from Medieval Latin medicalis, from Latin medicus.

§Pronunciation

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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”, 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

• Catalan: mèdic
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: lékařský (cs)
• Finnish: lääketieteellinen (fi)
• French: médical (fr)
• German: medizinisch (de)
• Greek: ιατρικός (el) m (iatrikós)
• Hebrew: רְפוּאִי (r'fu'í)

• Italian: medico (it)
• Latvian: medicīnisks
• Polish: medyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: médico (pt)
• Russian: медицинский (ru) (medicínskij), врачебный (ru) (vračébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
• Slovene: medicínski
• Spanish: médico (es) m, médica (es) f

§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.

§Related terms

• medicate
• medicine

§Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, decimal, declaim

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§Middle French

§Etymology

Borrowing from Latin medicalis, from medius (“middle”).

§Adjective

medical m

1. of or relating to the middle finger