what does medical mean?
MEDICAL as NOUN
- Meaning
- a thorough physical examination
- includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
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Hypernyms(s) medical is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
MEDICAL as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
Usage Example(s)
- medical treatment
- pheumonia is a medical disease
Antonym(s)
- Meaning
- of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
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Pertainym(s)
- Meaning
- relating to the study or practice of medicine
Usage Example(s)
- the medical profession
- a medical student
- medical school
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