English adjective: medical | |||
1. | medical relating to the study or practice of medicine | ||
Samples | The medical profession. A medical student. Medical school. | ||
2. | medical requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery | ||
Samples | Medical treatment. Pneumonia is a medical disease. | ||
Antonyms | operative, surgical | ||
3. | medical of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | ||
Synonyms | aesculapian | ||
English noun: medical | |||
1. | medical (act) a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | ||
Synonyms | checkup, health check, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination | ||
Broader (hypernym) | examination, scrutiny | ||
Part holonym | ballistocardiogram, cardiogram, ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram | ||