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med·i·cal

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l] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.

2.	curative; medicinal; therapeutic: medical properties.

3.	pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.

4.	pertaining to or giving evidence of the state of one's health: a medical discharge from the army; a medical examination.

–noun

5.	something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.

[Origin: 1640–50; < ML medicālis, equiv. to L medic(us) medical (adj.), physician (n.) (deriv. of medérī to heal; see -ic) + -ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

med·i·cal·ly, adverb

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med·i·cal Audio Help (měd'ĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of or relating to the study or practice of medicine.
Requiring treatment by medicine.

n. Informal
A thorough physical examination.

[Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus, physician, from medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

med'i·cal·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
medical

1646, from Fr. médical, from L.L. medicalis "of a physician," from L. medicus "physician" (n.); "healing" (adj.), from mederi "to heal," originally "know the best course for," from PIE base *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise" (cf. Gk. medos "counsel, plan, device, cunning," Avestan vi-mad "physician").

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medical
adjective
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"; "pneumonia is a medical disease" [ant: operative]
3.	of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: aesculapian]
noun
1.	a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person [syn: checkup]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
medical [ˈmedikəl] adjective

of healing, medicine or doctors
Example: medical care; medical insurance

Arabic:	طِبّي
Chinese (Simplified):	医学的
Chinese (Traditional):	醫學的
Czech:	lékařský; léčebný
Danish:	læge-
Dutch:	medisch
Estonian:	arsti-, meditsiini-
Finnish:	lääkintä-, lääketieteellinen
French:	médical
German:	Kranken-…
Greek:	ιατρικός
Hungarian:	orvosi
Icelandic:	læknisfræðilegur, læknis-
Indonesian:	medis
Italian:	medico

Japanese:	医学の
Korean:	의료의, 의학의
Latvian:	medicīnisks; veselības-; terapeitisks
Lithuanian:	medicinos, sveikatos, gydymo, terapijos
Norwegian:	lege-, helse-, medisinsk
Polish:	medyczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	médico
Portuguese (Portugal):	médico
Romanian:	medical
Russian:	медицинский; врачебный
Slovak:	lekársky
Slovenian:	zdravstven
Spanish:	clínico
Swedish:	medicinsk, läkar-, sjukvårds-
Turkish:	tıbbî

medical [ˈmedikəl] noun

a medical examination

Arabic:	إمتِحان طِبّي
Chinese (Simplified):	医疗
Chinese (Traditional):	醫療
Czech:	lékařské vyšetření
Danish:	helbredsundersøgelse
Dutch:	medisch
Estonian:	arstlik läbivaatus
Finnish:	lääkärintarkastus
French:	examen médical
German:	medizinische Untersuchung
Greek:	ιατρική εξέταση
Hungarian:	orvosi vizsgálat
Icelandic:	læknisskoðun
Indonesian:	pemeriksaan medis
Italian:	visita medica*

Japanese:	健康診断
Korean:	건강 진단
Latvian:	medicīniskā izmeklēšana
Lithuanian:	sveikatos patikrinimas
Norwegian:	legeundersøkelse
Polish:	badanie lekarskie
Portuguese (Brazil):	exame médico
Portuguese (Portugal):	médico
Romanian:	examen medical
Russian:	медицинский осмотр
Slovak:	lekárske vyšetrenie
Slovenian:	zdravstveni pregled
Spanish:	médico
Swedish:	läkarundersökning
Turkish:	(genel) sağlık muayenesi

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medical med·i·cal (měd'ĭ-kəl)
adj.

Of, relating to, or characterizing the study or practice of medicine.
Requiring treatment by medicine.

n.
A thorough physical examination.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ¹med·i·cal
Pronunciation: 'med-i-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or concerned with physiciansor the practice of medicine often as distinguished from surgery
2 : requiring or devoted to medical treatment medical disease> medicalwards of a hospital> —med·i·cal·ly /-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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Main Entry: ²medical
Function: noun
: a medical examination

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Medical Springs, OR Zip code(s): 97814

Medical Lake, WA (city, FIPS 44690) Location: 47.57004 N, 117.69215 W
Population (1990): 3664 (1055 housing units)
Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

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Medical

Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca\ [L. See Matter, and Medical.]

1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.

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