English Explanatory Dictionary

medical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
  2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
  3. Requiring medical treatment.
  4. Pertaining to the state of one's health.
  5. Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
  6. Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery.
noun
  1. A medical examination.
  2. A medical practitioner.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛdɪkl̩/ en-us-medical.ogg

Word forms

medical more medical most medical medicals

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”).

Synonyms

curative therapeutic nonsurgical nonoperative

Antonyms

surgical operative

Related words

medicational medicate medicine

Derived words

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 medical marijuana medical out medical practitioner medical record medical report medical school medical student medical students' disease medical tape medical tourism Medicare medicide medikit medispa medscanner nanomedical neuromedical nonmedical non-medical paramedical
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