Definition: medical

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

medical
     adj 1: relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical
            profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school"
     2: requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as
        opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pheumonia is a
        medical disease" [ant: surgical]
     3: of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: aesculapian]
     n : a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests
         depending on the age and sex and health of the person
         [syn: checkup, medical checkup, medical examination,
          medical exam, health check]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Medical \Med"ic*al\, a. [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to
   healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science,
   wisdom, gr. ? to learn, E. mind: cf. F. m['e]dical.]
   1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of
      healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the
      medical profession; medical services; a medical
      dictionary; medical jurisprudence.

   2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the
      medical properties of a plant.