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Medical

adjective

Relating to the study or practice of medicine. "A medical student" , "Medical school"

Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery. "Pneumonia is a medical disease"

Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art. Synonym: aesculapian.

noun

A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person. Synonyms: checkup, health check, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination.

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"Medical" Quotes from Famous Books

... there acquired such repute by his surgical operations, that a residence was assigned to him on the part of the state and he received the freedom of the city; and thereafter his colleagues flocked in crowds to Italy. Cato no doubt not only reviled the foreign medical practitioners with a zeal worthy of a better cause, but attempted, by means of his medical manual compiled from his own experience and probably in part also from the medical literature of the Greeks, to revive the good old fashion under which the father of the family was at the same ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... Sleeman went to the hills, in the hope of recruiting his wasted health by change of air and scene; but the expectation proved vain, and he was compelled to take passage for England. But it was now too late: notwithstanding the best medical aid, he gradually sank, and, after a long illness, died on his passage from Calcutta, on the 10th February, 1856, at ...

— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman

... 'Dr Burrows won't listen to me': 'I tell him how I dislike the taste of spirits, but he says they are absolutely necessary for my constitution': 'my medical man insists on something at bedtime'; ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... of 1873-74," says McNeill, was one of extreme suffering. Midwinter found tens of thousands of people on the verge of starvation, suffering for food, for the need of proper clothing, and for medical attendance. Meetings of the unemployed were held in many places, and public attention called to the needs of the poor. The men asked for work and found it not, and children cried for bread.... The unemployed and suffering poor of New York City determined ...

— Great Fortunes from Railroads • Gustavus Myers

... good doctor.—What do you call them, Favraud? It is one of the few English words I do not know—or forget. I believe, to make them, however, is a medical peculiarity." ...

— Sea and Shore - A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs" • Mrs. Catharine A. Warfield

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