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med⋅i⋅cal

  [med-i-kuhl]
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–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

Related forms:
med⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2medical
Function: noun
: a medical examination
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

medical med·i·cal (měd'ĭ-kəl)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or characterizing the study or practice of medicine.

  2. Requiring treatment by medicine.

n.
A thorough physical examination.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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