medicaladjective
uk/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/B2 related to the treatment of illness and injuries:
medical advice
medical books
a medical team
medical workers
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- A person's medical records are confidential.
- Without more food and medical supplies, these people will surely not survive.
- The medical tests showed some variation in the baby's heart rate.
- Recent advances in medical science mean that this illness can now be cured.
- If symptoms persist seek medical attention.
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Medical treatment: general words
- bath
- first aid
- first-aider
- general practice
- gynaecological
- irradiation
- med
- medicine
- modality
- muti
- non-surgical
- orthopaedic
- painkiller
- quackery
- reconstructive
- restorative
- soothing
- stretcher sb off
- surgically
- telemedicine
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medically
adverb uk/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl.i/
C2
The doctor declared her medically fit (= she had no illness or injury).
medicalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/mainly UK US usually physicalan examination of a person's body by a doctor in order to discover if that person is healthy, sometimes done before a person can be accepted for a particular job:
The insurance company wanted me to have a medical.
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Medical examination
- audiology
- autopsy
- biopsy
- CAT scan
- cervical smear
- check-up
- clinically
- colonoscopy
- ECG
- electroencephalogram
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- mammogram
- palpate
- palpation
- PET scan
- screening
- sonogram
- specimen
- ultrasound
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