medical
pronunciation
How to pronounce medical in British English:
UK [ˈmedɪkl]
How to pronounce medical in American English:
US [ˈmedɪkl]
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- Noun:
- a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
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- Adjective:
- relating to the study or practice of medicine
- requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
- of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Word Origin
- medical (adj.)
- 1640s, from French médical, from Late Latin medicalis "of a physician," from Latin medicus "physician, surgeon, medical man" (n.); "healing, madicinal" (adj.), from mederi "to heal, give medical attention to, cure," originally "know the best course for," from an early specialization of the PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" (cognates: Greek medomai "be mindful of," medein "to rule;" Avestan vi-mad- "physician;" Latin meditari "think or reflect on, consider;" Irish miduir "judge;" Old English metan "to measure out"); also see meditation. The earlier adjective in English in this sense was medicinal. Related: Medically.
- medical (n.)
- 1917, short for medical examination.
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Example
- 1. It sounds as if the nature of medical research is changing .
- 2. Two days before christmas , lee checked into ucsf medical center for a lymph node biopsy .
- 3. Fans of television medical dramas are probably aware of the grim condition known as septic shock .
- 4. To date , medical marijuana use is allowed in 20 states and the district of columbia .
- 5. I caught up with coburn , a medical doctor and ordained southern baptist deacon .