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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024med•i•cal /ˈmɛdɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- Medicineof or relating to medicine.
med•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024med•i•cal (med′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicineof or pertaining to the science or practice of medicine:medical history; medical treatment.
- Medicinecurative;
medicinal;
therapeutic:medical properties. - Medicinepertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
- Medicinepertaining to or giving evidence of the state of one's health:a medical discharge from the army; a medical examination.
n. - Medicinesomething done or received in regard to the state of one's health, as a medical examination.
- Medieval Latin medicālis, equivalent. to Latin medic(us) medical (adjective, adjectival), physician (noun, nominal) (derivative of medērī to heal; see -ic) + -ālis -al1
- 1640–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: medical /ˈmɛdɪkəl/ adj - of or relating to the science of medicine or to the treatment of patients by drugs, etc, as opposed to surgery
- a less common word for medicinal
n - informal a medical examination
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus physician, surgeon, from medērī to healˈmedically adv |