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medical

adj
/ˈmɛdɪkl̩/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Italic *medēōrder. Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).

  1. derived from medicus
  2. derived from medicālis
  3. borrowed from médical

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

    • medical doctor; medical student
    • Do you have any medical experience?
    • The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

  2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect

    Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.

    • medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment

  3. Requiring medical treatment.

    • A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

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

      • medical examination; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis

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

      • medical ward

    3. Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other…

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

      • medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology
      • surgical therapy only when medical therapy fails

    4. A medical examination.

      • You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.
      • All UK train drivers must undergo a medical every three years up to the age of 54, and annually from then on.

    5. A medical practitioner.

      • We medicals have a better way than that. When we dislike a friend of ours, we dissect him.

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Derived

aeromedical, anatomicomedical, antimedical, biomedical, chief medical advisor, chief medical officer, chronomedical, durable medical equipment, electromedical, emergency medical service, emergency medical technician, ethnomedical, extramedical, geomedical, iatromedical, med-evac, Medicaid, medical alert jewelry, medical cannabis, medical center, medical certificate, medical condition, medical desert, medical doctor, medicalese, medical ethics, medical examiner, medical finger, medical glove, medical Greek, medical history, medical informatics, medicalisation, medicalise, medical isotope, medicalization, medicalize, medical journal, medical jurisprudence, medically · +36 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at medical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at medical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at medical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA