Business name word
Medical
Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/
What “Medical” means
Adj
- Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
- Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
- Requiring medical treatment.
- Pertaining to the state of one's health.
- Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
Noun
- A medical examination.
- A medical practitioner.
Where the word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”).
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