medical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to medicine or the treatment of illness and injury.

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

2. 2
   adj

   Intended to treat or cure an illness.

   He needs ongoing medical treatment for his condition.

3. 3
   adj

   Treated with medicine rather than by surgery.

   The doctor recommended a medical approach instead of an operation.

Common collocations

• medical care Adjective + noun

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”).

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