Definitions for Medical
ˈmɛd ɪ kəlMed·i·cal

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check(adj)

   a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

2. medical(adj)

   relating to the study or practice of medicine

   "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school"

3. medical(adj)

   requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery

   "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease"

4. aesculapian, medical(adj)

   of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. medical(Noun)

   A medical examination.

   You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.

2. medical(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   Do you have any medical experience?

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Medical(adj)

   of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence

   Etymology: [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science, wisdom, Gr. to learn, E. mind: cf. F. mdical.]

2. Medical(adj)

   containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant

   Etymology: [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science, wisdom, Gr. to learn, E. mind: cf. F. mdical.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Medical

   med′i-kal, adj. relating to the art of healing diseases: containing that which heals: intended to promote the study of medicine.—adv. Med′ically.—Medical jurisprudence (see Jurisprudence). [Fr.,—Low L. medicalis—L. medicus, pertaining to healing, a physician—medēri, to heal.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1068

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medical' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1835

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medical' in Adjectives Frequency: #135

Anagrams for Medical »

1. camelid

2. decimal

3. claimed

4. declaim

How to pronounce Medical?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Medical in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Medical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Medical in a Sentence

1. Yang Claire Yang:

   It's not just this weird correlation, just the extent you have others around and can provide assistance and resources and a sense of companionship. ... Even basic things like if you were to fall or have a medical emergency can make a huge difference in your outcome.

2. Erika Guevara-Rosas:

   Tragically, for women across Latin America, receiving life-saving medical treatment depends on the good will of a health professional or the depth of her pockets, this outrageous and utterly illegal lottery-style approach to health care is putting thousands of lives at risk.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   My advice would be to follow medical advice to contain the virus, if we can take some pressure off the economy, fine, but my primary focus is to make sure the virus is contained and defeated. And we're just going to have to suffer through the economic consequences.

4. Joe Biden:

   He should stop talking and start to listen to the medical experts who talk about having an economic crisis, you want an economic crisis ? Watch this spike. Watch the number of dead go up. Watch the number of people, who in fact, connect with this virus.

5. Operations Raquel Ayora:

   Public places are being bombed and shelled on a massive scale, not even hospitals are being spared, even though medical facilities are explicitly protected by international humanitarian law.

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