Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the study or practice of medicine.
- adjective Requiring treatment by medicine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to the profession or practice of medicine; engaged in or connected with the study or treatment of disease: as, the medical profession; a medical man, book, or college; medical services; medical science.
- Curative; medicinal; therapeutic: as, the medical properties of a plant; the medical effects of bathing. Abbreviated medicine
- noun A student or a practitioner of medicine.
- noun A small bottle or vial made from glass tubing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine
- adjective Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the practice of
medicine . - noun informal A medical examination.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
- adjective relating to the study or practice of medicine
- noun a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
- adjective of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "medical home" is misleading, as it refers not to a place but a practice—one in which doctors coordinate primary care for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes.
'Home' for Patients 2011
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I personally try to force myself to use the term medical liability insurance rather than medical malpractice insurance.
Terminology 1 Dinosaur 2008
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Thirty years ago the phrase "medical marijuana" didn't exist and as I mentioned before, the thought of legalization in the U.S. was a pipe dream no pun intended.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jorge Cervantes 2012
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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: The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
RVABlogs F.T. Rea 2010
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