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Medical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to the study or practice of medicine.

adj. Requiring treatment by medicine.

n. Informal A thorough physical examination.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

n. A medical examination.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine

adj. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining or relating to the profession or practice of medicine; engaged in or connected with the study or treatment of disease: as, the medical profession; a medical man, book, or college; medical services; medical science.

Curative; medicinal; therapeutic: as, the medical properties of a plant; the medical effects of bathing. Abbreviated medicine

n. A student or a practitioner of medicine.

n. A small bottle or vial made from glass tubing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery

adj. relating to the study or practice of medicine

n. a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

adj. of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art

Word Usage

"The term "medical home" is misleading, as it refers not to a place but a practice—one in which doctors coordinate primary care for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

examination scrutiny

Cross Reference

medical director medical jurisprudence medical department medical man medical finger medical inspector

Form

medical examination medical record medical student medical exemption medical doctor medical history medical treatment

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

medicinal iatric iatrical physical galenic

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

biomedical

Unknown

Health & Medicine

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

scientific legal environmental