medical

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
3. (not-comparable, usually) Requiring medical treatment.
4. (not-comparable, usually) Pertaining to the state of one's health.
5. (not-comparable, usually) Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
6. (not-comparable, usually) Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery.

Noun

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

Opposite of

surgical, operative

Synonyms

medical examination

medicinal

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

aesculapian

checkup

sanitary

medical checkup

health

⚕️

medical exam

sanitarian

health check

hospital

🏥

medically

curative

therapeutic

treatment

hygiene

galenic

hygienic

medical care

medic

healing

medicative

relating to medicine

sanitation

Translations

médical

médico

🧑‍⚕️

medico

geneeskundig

medisch

medizinisch

ιατρικός

médico

🧑‍⚕️

mèdic

ärztlich

helend

medicinaal

medicale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛdɪkl̩/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: lǣċe

Cognate with Icelandic: læknir

In summary

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

Sentences

It also has many medical centers in an area of a square kilometer .

Memory foam was subsequently used in medical settings .

Barthou might have survived , but did not , apparently because of inadequate medical attention .