medical

English Online Dictionary. What means medical‎? What does medical mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/
• Hyphenation: med‧i‧cal

Adjective

medical (not generally comparable, comparative more medical, superlative most medical)

1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   medical doctor; medical student
2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.

   medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment

3. Requiring medical treatment.

4. Pertaining to the state of one's health.

   medical examinaton; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis

6. Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.

   Synonyms: nonsurgical, nonoperative

   Antonyms: surgical, operative

8. Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery.

Synonyms

• (medicinal): curative, therapeutic

Derived terms

Related terms

• medicational

Translations

Noun

medical (plural medicals)

1. (informal) A medical examination.
2. (archaic) A medical practitioner.

Related terms

• medicate
• medicine

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, decimal, declaim, maliced

Interlingua

Adjective

medical (not comparable)

1. medical (pertaining to medicine, health care, etc.)

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin medicālis, from medius (“middle”).

Adjective

medical m

1. Of or relating to the middle finger.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French médical.

Pronunciation

Adjective

medical m or n (feminine singular medicală, masculine plural medicali, feminine and neuter plural medicale)

1. medical

Declension