adjective
médical
medical
Definition & meaning
Médical means medical: relating to medicine, health care, or the diagnosis and treatment of illness.
It can also refer specifically to treatment using medicine rather than surgery, depending on the context.
Grammar & Word origin
Médical is an adjective. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes:
- Masculine singular: médical
- Feminine singular: médicale
- Masculine plural: médicaux
- Feminine plural: médicales
It comes from Latin medicalis, meaning “relating to healing or medicine.”
Synonyms & antonyms
- sanitaire — “health-related” or “sanitary”; often concerns public health or hygiene rather than medical treatment.
- clinique — “clinical”; relates more specifically to the observation and treatment of patients.
- chirurgical — “surgical”; can contrast with médical when distinguishing surgery from nonsurgical treatment.
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Examples
Le dossier médical est important.adjective
The medical record is important.
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