different between medical vs medician

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French medical, from Medieval Latin medicalis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English Old English læce (“doctor, physician”). Cognate with Icelandic lækni (“medical”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d?kl?/
• Hyphenation: med?i?cal

Adjective

medical (comparative more medical, superlative most medical)

1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

   medical doctor; medical student
2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.

   medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment

3. Requiring medical treatment.

   A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.

4. Pertaining to the state of one's health.

   medical examinaton; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis

5. (Britain) Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.

   medical ward

Synonyms

• (medicinal): curative, therapeutic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

medical (plural medicals)

1. (informal) A medical examination.

   You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.

   • 2014, Jamie Jackson, "Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real", The Guardian, 26 August 2014:

     After completing a medical and the requisite paperwork on Tuesday to seal the deal, Di María said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

Related terms

• medicate
• medicine

Anagrams

• camelid, claimed, decimal, declaim, maliced

Interlingua

Adjective

medical (not comparable)

1. medical (pertaining to medicine, health care, etc.)

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medicalis, from medius (“middle”).

Adjective

medical m

1. of or relating to the middle finger

Romanian

Etymology

From French médical

Adjective

medical m or n (feminine singular medical?, masculine plural medicali, feminine and neuter plural medicale)

1. medical

Declension

English

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of medic and physician.

Noun

medician (plural medicians)

1. (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
   • 2008, Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness:

     During the Second Epoch, Tombilly, Chief of Ban Rona in the Green Hollows, fell ill to a malady for which the medicians of the Hollows could find no cure.

   • 2008, R. Nicholas et al., Identification of Relevant Knowledge for Characterizing the Melanoma Domain, in the report of the 2nd International Workshop on Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, page 58:

     We have also the target of obtaining a good ontological description that allows a better use of CBR techniques to aid medicians in diagnostic accuracy.