Medical definition
Medical is an adjective meaning "relating to the study or practice of medicine." It has 4 meanings, as an adjective and a noun, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun
- Syllables
- 3
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Medical as an adjective
relating to the study or practice of medicine
"the medical profession"
requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
"medical treatment"
of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Same sense: aesculapian
Medical as a noun
a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
Same sense: health check, medical examination, medical exam, checkup, medical checkup
Synonyms and antonyms
- aesculapian
- health check
- medical examination
- medical exam
- checkup
- medical checkup
Opposite: surgical.
How to say medical
Medical has 3 syllables. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
MEDICAL in word games
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Anagrams
- 3
Is MEDICAL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check MEDICAL in the word checker, or unscramble MEDICAL to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
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