medical
of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
curative; medicinal; therapeutic: medical properties.
pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
pertaining to or giving evidence of the state of one's health: a medical discharge from the army; a medical examination.
something done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
Origin of medical
1Other words from medical
- med·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·med·i·cal, adjective
- an·ti·med·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·med·i·cal, adjective
- non·med·i·cal·ly, adverb
- pseu·do·med·i·cal, adjective
- pseu·do·med·i·cal·ly, adverb
- qua·si-med·i·cal, adjective
- qua·si-med·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·med·i·cal, adjective
- un·med·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use medical in a sentence
I oughtn't to have got myself swept along with those medicals.
Ulysses | James JoyceTurner is said by medicals to be the finest lecturer in the university.
An Edinburgh Eleven | J. M. BarrieDiffers in that from the medicals; the fast medicals never do pay, sir.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) | Richard Doddridge BlackmoreYe near of kin in whose care the maiden is, summon ye both friends and medicals: for the girl's not sane.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus | Caius Valerius CatullusThe Medicals are all feeding well and wisely, as Medicals ought to do.
British Dictionary definitions for medical
/ (ˈmɛdɪkəl) /
of or relating to the science of medicine or to the treatment of patients by drugs, etc, as opposed to surgery
a less common word for medicinal
informal a medical examination
Origin of medical
1Derived forms of medical
- medically, adverb
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