medical

See also: médical

English

Etymology

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

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

   medical ward

Synonyms

• (medicinal): curative, therapeutic

Derived terms

Derived terms

• medical doctor
• medical history

• medical record
• medical student

Translations

of the practice of medicine

• Arabic: طِبِّيّ‎‎ (ṭibbiyy)
• Catalan: mèdic (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: lékařský (cs)
• Dutch: medisch (nl)
• Finnish: lääketieteellinen (fi)
• French: médical (fr)
• Galician: médico (gl) m
• German: medizinisch (de)
• Greek: ιατρικός (el) m (iatrikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἰατρικός (iatrikós)

• Hebrew: רְפוּאִי‎‎ (he) (r'fu'í)

• Icelandic: læknisfræðilegur (is)
• Italian: medico (it)
• Latvian: medicīnisks
• Polish: medyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: médico (pt)
• Russian: медици́нский (ru) (medicínskij), враче́бный (ru) (vračébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigh
• Slovene: medicínski
• Spanish: médico (es) m, médica (es) f
• Swedish: medicinsk (sv)

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

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Middle French

Etymology

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

Adjective

medical m

1. of or relating to the middle finger