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 checkadjective

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

2. medicaladjective

   relating to the study or practice of medicine

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

3. medicaladjective

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

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

4. aesculapian, medicaladjective

   of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. medicalnoun

   A medical examination.

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

2. medicaladjective

   Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   Do you have any medical experience?

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Medicaladjective

   Physical; relating to the art of healing; medicinal.

   Etymology: medicus, Lat.

   In this work attempts will exceed performances, it being composed by snatches of time, as medical vacation would permit. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

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

1. Medicaladjective

   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

2. Medicaladjective

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

3. 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. claimed

3. decimal

4. declaim

How to pronounce Medical?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Ronny Jackson:

   There's something seriously going on with this man right now, and, you know, I think that he's either going to resign, they're going to convince him to resign from office at some point in the near future for medical issues or they're going to have to use the 25th Amendment to get rid of this man right now.

2. Jim Caldwell:

   I will be stepping back due to some medical complications that require my full attention, i want to thank (owner) Stephen Ross, (general manager) Chris Grier, Coach (Brian) Flores and the rest of the organization for the support they have given me and my family.

3. John Hurt:

   I have recently been diagnosed with early stage pancreatic cancer. I am undergoing treatment and am more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome, as indeed is the medical team.

4. Charlotte Bellis:

   They rejected us, they said, frankly, you're outside some kind of 14-day arbitrary window that we have, but even if you were inside it, you haven't met the threshold for needing medical treatment.

5. Mark Carney:

   It will pass, the medical situation will pass. With time there will be a vaccine, the spread of the virus will be arrested. We don't know exactly what that period of time is, nor do the expert epidemiologists, they talk in terms of scenarios and probabilities, quite rightly so, we have the resilience in the system that has been built up over a decade that can withstand all of those scenarios.

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