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medical Definition

medi·cal (med′i kəl)

adjective

of or connected with medicine or the practice or study of medicine

Etymology: Fr médical < LL medicalis < L medicus, physician < IE base *med- (akin to *mē-: see measure), to measure, consider, wise counselor, doctor > OE metan, to measure

medical Related Forms

med′i·cally adverb

medical Synonyms

medical

modif.

healing, medicinal, curative, therapeutic, restorative, prophylactic, preventive, alleviating, medicating, pharmaceutical, salutary, sedative, narcotic, tonic, disinfectant, corrective, pathological, cathartic, health-bringing, peptic, corroborant, lenitive, demulcent, balsamic, depuritory, emollient; see also remedial.

Antonyms destructive*, disease-giving, harmful*. *

Commonly used medical terms and their abbreviations include: acute respiratory disease (ARD), anterior (A), barium enema (BE), basal body temperature (BBT), basal metabolic rate (BMR), blood pressure (BP), cancer (Ca), Celsius (C), central nervous system (CNS), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), coronary artery bypass surgery (CABS), cubic centimeter (cc), dilation and curettage (D & C), dose*, ear, nose, and throat (ENT), electrocardiogram (EKG), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), electroencephalogram (EEG), Fahrenheit (F), fever of undetermined origin (FUO), gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), gram (gm), hemoglobin (Hb), ideal body weight (IBW), immediately (stat), intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV), milliliter (ml), multiple sclerosis (MS), myocardial infarction (MI), normal (n), obstetrics (OB), physical examination (PE), pulse (P), respiration (R), red blood cell (rbc), shortness of breath (SOB), staphylococcus (staph), streptococcus (strep), temperature (T), unit (U), venereal disease (VD), weight (wt), white blood cell (wbc).

medical Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • low: Network debuted at filled california income insurance low medical with little.
  • also: Team as well factors may also medical insurance Florida Claims Management coding also allows for the new tables.
  • now: Established in 1997 the customer base spans offshore, sub-sea, automotive, filtration and now medical.
  • perhaps: Perhaps medical institutions actively contributed to the horrors of illness and loss.
  • generally: Generally medical help is needed to diagnose and treat mental health problems which can be provided in the community or as a hospital in-patient.

Modifies a noun

  • profession: Only in this way will the public be able to put their trust back into the medical profession.
  • practitioner: Please consult your own medical practitioner for advice specific to yourself.
  • treatment: However, key points relevant to medical treatment should be recorded in the custody record itself.
  • condition: What medical conditions exclude patients from implant care within our clinic?
  • examination: You will also be required to undergo a medical examination.
  • care: For two hours of medical care in the land of the free I paid almost fifteen hundred pounds.

Used with adjective complement

  • believe: Of the interviews those with ssi administration believes medical.
  • include: Care Co-ordinators can come from a variety of professions including medical, nursing, social work, occupational therapy and psychology.
  • require: At any one time up to 10 % of people with diabetes will have retinopathy requiring medical follow up or treatment.
  • get: To get medical seem to be the first advantage and prevent them.