Tuesday, March 8, 2011

What is Medical



Pronunciation (US): 
 Dictionary entry overview: What does medical mean? 
• MEDICAL (noun)
  The noun MEDICAL has 1 sense:
1. a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of
 tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
  Familiarity information: MEDICAL used as a noun is very rare.


• MEDICAL (adjective)

  The adjective MEDICAL has 3 senses:
1. relating to the study or practice of medicine
2. requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially
 as opposed to surgery
3. of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
  Familiarity information: MEDICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:
A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending 
on the age and sex and health of the person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
checkup; medical examination; medical exam; medical checkup; medical; health check
Hypernyms ("medical" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Meronyms (parts of "medical"):
ballistocardiogram (a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph)
cardiogram; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram (a graphical recording of the 
cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph)

• MEDICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:
Relating to the study or practice of medicine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
the medical profession / a medical student / medical school
Pertainym:
 (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in 
a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or 
curing diseases and injuries)

Sense 2

Meaning:
Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
Context examples:
medical treatment / pneumonia is a medical disease
Antonym:
 (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially
 as opposed to medicine)

Sense 3

Meaning:
Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
medical

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