medical

A2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #1332

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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.

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

3 adj · treated with medicine... nonsurgical

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Forms medicallymedicals

Derived forms aeromedicalanatomicomedicalantimedicalbiomedicalchronomedicalelectromedicalethnomedicalextramedicalgeomedicaliatromedicalmed-evacmedicaid

Related forms medicatemedicationalmedicine

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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# 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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