different between medical vs metical
medical
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)
- Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
- medical doctor; medical student
- Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
- medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment
- Requiring medical treatment.
- A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.
- Pertaining to the state of one's health.
- medical examinaton; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis
- (Britain) Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
- medical ward
Synonyms
- (medicinal): curative, therapeutic
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
medical (plural medicals)
- (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)
- medical (pertaining to medicine, health care, etc.)
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medicalis, from medius (“middle”).
Adjective
medical m
- 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)
- medical
Declension
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metical
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?t??k??l/
Noun
metical (plural meticals or meticais)
- The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos
Anagrams
- amletic, climate
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic ????????? (mi?q?l, “weight”).
Noun
metical m (plural meticais)
- metical (the currency of Mozambique)
metical From the web:
- what does metrical mean
- what means medical
- what is the metical to the rand
- what is the meaning of metrical
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