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med⋅i⋅cal

[med-i-kuhl]
–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 medērī to heal; see -ic ) + -ālis -al 1


med⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
med·i·cal   (měd'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to the study or practice of medicine.
  2. 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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