medical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

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

   medical treatment

2. 2
   adj

   relating to the study or practice of medicine

   the medical profession

3. 3
   adj

   Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   medical doctor; medical student

4. 4
   adj

   Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.

   medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment

5. 5
   adj

   Requiring medical treatment.

   A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.

6. 6
   adj

   Pertaining to the state of one's health.

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

7. 7
   adj

   Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.

   medical ward

8. 8
   adj

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

   medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology

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”).