medical
adj.
of or relating to the science or practice of medicine; curative, medicinal
n.
medical examination, physical; medical student, intern, resident physician (Colloquial)
Medicine
medical
Noun
1. a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
(synonym) checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, health check
(hypernym) examination, scrutiny
(part-meronym) ballistocardiogram
Adjective
1. relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school"
(pertainym) medicine, practice of medicine
2. requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pheumonia is a medical disease"
(antonym) surgical, operative
3. of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
(synonym) aesculapian
médical
adj.
medic, of or relating to the science or practice of medicine
Medical
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
(a.)
Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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