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Medical - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Medical : adj
1: relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical
profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school"
2: requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as
opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pheumonia is a
medical disease" [ant: surgical]
3: of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: aesculapian]
(noun)
1: a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests
depending on the age and sex and health of the person
[syn: checkup, medical checkup, medical examination,
medical exam, health check]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Medical : \Med"ic*al\, a. [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to
healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science,
wisdom, gr. ? to learn, E. mind: cf. F. m['e]dical.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of
healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the
medical profession; medical services; a medical
dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the
medical properties of a plant.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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