medical

adjective med·i·cal \ ˈme-di-kəl \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: medical in a Sentence

Definition of medical

1 : of, relating to, or concerned with physicians or the practice of medicine

the medical profession

a medical journal

2 : requiring or devoted to medical treatment

a medical problem

an important advance in medical science

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Examples of medical in a Sentence

He has a dangerous medical condition.
The report was published in a leading medical journal.
Her recovery was a medical miracle.
He opened his own medical practice.
an important advance in medical science

Recent Examples of medical from the Web

The plan includes delivery of food, medical supplies, economic aid and electricity.

— elise labott and ryan browne, CNN, "US rejects UAE request for support to capture Yemeni port city," 14 June 2018
Lipkin received his undergraduate degree in biology from Rutgers University and attended medical school at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Father/daughter research team studying autism at Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute," 14 June 2018
The company will be the third-largest, private, non-retail employer in Noblesville, behind SMC Corp. of America, an auto parts maker, and Ambu Inc., a medical device maker, according to Noblesville's economic development department.

— john tuohy, Indianapolis Star, "BorgWarner builds new HQ, brings 300 jobs to Noblesville," 14 June 2018
The error was spotted earlier by John Carlisle of Torbay Hospital in England, who featured the study on a 2017 list of medical reports with questionable data.

— ashley alban, USA TODAY, "Landmark Mediterranean diet study was flawed. Authors retract paper published in NEJM," 14 June 2018
Purdue bought more than $18 million worth of advertising in major medical journals that cheerily touted OxyContin.

— NBC News, "How America got hooked on a deadly drug," 14 June 2018
The governor of eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan Province says a clinic that was providing medical facilities for more than 2,000 people has been burned down by insurgents.

— Fox News, "Afghan official says insurgents burned down clinic," 14 June 2018
The role of the boards’ members is to sift through death certificates and medical records and recommend actions and protocols that improve maternal outcomes.

— danielle jackson, Longreads, "A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health," 14 June 2018
Three minutes later, an officer is heard calling for medical assistance.

— bruce vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A driver was stopped and arrested, violently, over the color of his car. His lawsuit is finally headed to a resolution.," 14 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of medical

French or Late Latin; French médical, from Late Latin medicalis, from Latin medicus physician, from mederi to remedy, heal; akin to Avestan vī-mad- healer, Greek medesthai to be mindful of — more at mete

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First Known Use: 1646

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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