med|i|cal

med|i|cal
med|i|cal «MEHD uh kuhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or having to do with healing or with the science and practice of medicine: »

medical advice, a medical school, medical treatment.

 Abbr: med.
–n.
1. a medical examination: »

... the door was flung open and a warden shouted “Get ready for your medicals” (Punch).

2. Informal. a medical student or a doctor: »

I remain as skeptical as most medicals about male pattern baldness (Maclean's).

╂[< French médical, learned borrowing from Late Latin medicālis < Latin medicus doctor; see etym. under medic1 (Cf. ↑medic)]
–med´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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