medical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: medical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for medical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
medical adj relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school" requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease" Antonym(s): operative, surgical of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art Synonym(s): aesculapian, medical n a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person Synonym(s): checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medical \Med"ical\, a. [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical* science, wisdom, gr. [?] to learn, E. mind: cf. F. m[82]dical.] 1. 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. 2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.