What does médical mean?

Definitions for médical
ˈmɛd ɪ kəlmédical

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word médical.

Princeton's WordNet

  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

  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

  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.

Wikipedia

  1. medical

    Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.Medicine has been practiced since prehistoric times, and for most of this time it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge), frequently having connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of local culture. For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing, or an ancient philosopher and physician would apply bloodletting according to the theories of humorism. In recent centuries, since the advent of modern science, most medicine has become a combination of art and science (both basic and applied, under the umbrella of medical science). For example, while stitching technique for sutures is an art learned through practice, the knowledge of what happens at the cellular and molecular level in the tissues being stitched arises through science. Prescientific forms of medicine, now known as traditional medicine or folk medicine, remain commonly used in the absence of scientific medicine, and are thus called alternative medicine. Alternative treatments outside of scientific medicine with safety and efficacy concerns are termed quackery.

ChatGPT

  1. medical

    Medical is an adjective relating to the science or practice of medicine, specifically the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases and other health conditions. It can also refer to the procedures, treatments, equipment, and institutions involved in healthcare. It can also be a noun referring to medical treatment or a medical examination.

Webster Dictionary

  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

  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 'médical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1068

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

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

  3. Adjectives Frequency

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

Anagrams for médical »

  1. camelid

  2. claimed

  3. decimal

  4. declaim

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of médical in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of médical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of médical in a Sentence

  1. Lathan Lipperman:

    Without the necessary training and medical equipment, officers -- including those on-scene for this incident -- can not effectively render aid. Without the proper training, officers risk causing greater harm, the Fraternal Order of Columbus Police has requested the City provide officers with the necessary training and equipment to ensure that officers will be prepared to more effectively render aid in the future and hopefully that training will be provided on an annual basis.

  2. Philip Holloway:

    They should have been monitoring her very closely, they should have gotten more detailed medical information ... because they were put on notice ... that she had a problem.

  3. Al Quds director Al Khateeb:

    We are running out of many things, we have medical supplies for about one month.

  4. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah:

    I am very much interested in providing medical care in underserved settings, specifically surgical care, i hope to be able to go back to Ghana over the course of my career to help in building sustainable surgical infrastructure.

  5. Melissa Stockwell:

    I chose early on to accept the loss of my leg. It wasn’t going to grow back, so, I had two choices.I either had to accept it or I could live in that constant state of ‘why me?’ And at Walter Reed (Army Medical Center), you know, I looked around and there were so many that were worse off than I was…missing two, three, four limbs – traumatic brain injuries or eyesight.So, I really felt that I was extremely lucky.

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