MEDICAL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a thorough physical examination
    • includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) medical is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

MEDICAL as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
    Usage Example(s)
    • medical treatment
    • pheumonia is a medical disease
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  2. Meaning
    • of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
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  3. Meaning
    • relating to the study or practice of medicine
    Usage Example(s)
    • the medical profession
    • a medical student
    • medical school
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