medical

A2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #1332

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to medicine or the treatment of illness and injury.

She decided to join the medical profession and became a nurse.
2

adj
Intended to treat or cure an illness.

He needs ongoing medical treatment for his condition.
3

adj
Treated with medicine rather than by surgery.

The doctor recommended a medical approach instead of an operation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · intended to treat or cure... curative therapeutic

3 adj · treated with medicine... nonsurgical

Word family

Forms medicallymedicals

Derived forms aeromedicalanatomicomedicalantimedicalbiomedicalchronomedicalelectromedicalethnomedicalextramedicalgeomedicaliatromedicalmed-evacmedicaid

Related forms medicatemedicationalmedicine

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Phrases (7)

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medical care
professional health treatment provided by doctors or nurses

Adjective + noun
medical diagnosis
the identification of an illness or condition from symptoms and other evidence

Adjective + noun
medical evacuation
moving an injured or ill person to a place where treatment is available

Adjective + noun
medical examiner
an official who investigates deaths that may have unnatural causes

Adjective + noun
medical specialist
a doctor who concentrates on a particular area of medicine

Adjective + noun
medical community
people connected through the practice or study of medicine

Adjective + noun

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”).

médical French medicālis la-med medicus Latin

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Topics

Health & Medicine

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# medical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 1332

## Meanings
1. Relating to medicine or the treatment of illness and injury.
2. Intended to treat or cure an illness.
3. Treated with medicine rather than by surgery.

## Examples
- She decided to join the medical profession and became a nurse.
- He needs ongoing medical treatment for his condition.
- The doctor recommended a medical approach instead of an operation.

## Derived Forms
- aeromedical
- anatomicomedical
- antimedical
- biomedical
- chronomedical
- electromedical
- ethnomedical
- extramedical
- geomedical
- iatromedical
- med-evac
- medicaid

## Related Forms
- medicate
- medicational
- medicine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: médical
- Root: medicālis
- Root: medicus

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Medical was borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”). In present-day English its meanings include relating to medicine or the treatment of illness and injury, intended to treat or cure an illness, and treated with medicine rather than by surgery. The historical chain runs through médical (French), medicālis (la-med), and medicus (Latin). Related and derived forms include medicate, medicational, medicine, and aeromedical.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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