medical

英['medɪk(ə)l] 美['mɛdɪkl]

反义词surgical

复数: medicals;副词: medically;

medical 医疗的

来自拉丁语medicus,医生，大夫，来自mederi,诊断，治疗，来自PIE*med,测量，考虑，建议，采取手段，词源同measure,medicine.

medical (adj.): 1640s, from French médical, from Late Latin medicalis "of a physician," from Latin medicus "physician, surgeon, medical man" (n.); "healing, madicinal" (adj.), from mederi "to heal, give medical attention to, cure," originally "know the best course for," from an early specialization of the PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" (cognates: Greek medomai "be mindful of," medein "to rule;" Avestan vi-mad- "physician;" Latin meditari "think or reflect on, consider;" Irish miduir "judge;" Old English metan "to measure out"); also see meditation. The earlier adjective in English in this sense was medicinal. Related: Medically.
medical (n.): 1917, short for medical examination.

1. Ann Bradley dispels the old wives' tales and gives the medical facts.: 安·布拉德利破除迷信，给出了医学事实。

2. The attitude of the medical profession is very much more liberal now.: 现在，医务人员的态度开明多了。

4. The first plane-loads of food, children's clothing and medical supplies began arriving.: 首批飞机运送的食物、儿童衣物和药品开始抵达。

5. Medical authorities were baffled, both as to its causes and its virulence.: 医疗当局对其病因及有多致命都还不甚了解。