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(0.00 / 0 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

   Australian

   

   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. Brooks Koepka:

   Today, I am announcing my withdrawal from the U.S. Presidents Cup team because of my knee injury, i notified captain Tiger Woods that despite constant medical care and rehab, I am not able to play golf at this time.

2. James Garrow:

   The transportation of the bodies in that manner is a breach of protocol, the Medical Examiner Office regularly works with hospitals throughout Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia to ensure that bodies are treated with the utmost dignity and respect.

3. Margaret Johnson:

   SB 25 is a not-so-subtle way of giving medical personnel the opportunity to impose the religious beliefs on pregnant women by withholding information about the condition of their fetus and depriving them of making an informed decision about continuing with their pregnancy.

4. Simon Mitchell:

   The doctor is supposed to note any evident issues that he notices -- but what is he going to notice in half an hour's medical? The rest of it relies on your medical history and you being honest.

5. Jared Polis:

   Colorado has joined a growing list of states that have banned so-called conversion therapy, it's a tortuous practice that has long been widely-discredited by medical and mental health professionals.

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