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Definition of medical noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

medical

noun
 
/ˈmedɪkl/
 
/ˈmedɪkl/
(also medical examination)
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  1. a careful and complete examination of your body that a doctor does, for example before you start a particular job
    • He was accepted onto the course after passing the medical.
    • Pilots undergo regular medicals.
    see also examTopics Healthcareb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full
    • regular
    verb + medical
    • have
    • undergo
    • pass
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via French from medieval Latin medicalis, from Latin medicus ‘physician’.
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