medical

English

Etymology

Coined by Sir Thomas Browne, 1646, based on Latin medicus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

medical (comparative more medical, superlative most medical)

1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   Do you have any medical experience?

Translations

of the practice of medicine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫 (cmn), 医 (cmn) (yī), 藥 (cmn), 药 (cmn) (yào)

• Czech: lékařský (cs)
• Finnish: lääketieteellinen (fi)
• French: médical (fr)
• German: medizinisch (de)
• Hebrew: רְפוּאִי (he) (r'fu'í)

• Italian: medico (it)
• Latvian: medicīnisks (lv)
• Polish: medyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: médico (pt)
• Russian: медицинский (ru) (medicínskij), врачебный (ru) (vračébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: lèigh (gd)
• Slovene: medicínski (sl)

Derived terms

• medical doctor
• medical examination
• medical exemption
• medical history
• medical record
• medical student
• medical treatment

Noun

medical (plural medicals)

1. (informal) A medical examination.

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

Related terms

• medicate
• medicine

Anagrams

• camelid
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• declaim