Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun medical

1 sense of medical

Sense 1
checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check -- (a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person)
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Antonyms of adj medical

1 of 3 senses of medical

Sense 2
medical (vs. surgical) -- (requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease")

surgical (vs. medical), operative -- (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry")
        => preoperative -- (happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation)
        => postoperative -- (happening or done after a surgical operation; "postoperative complications"; "postoperative care")

Similarity of adj medical

3 senses of medical

Sense 1
medical -- (relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school")

Sense 2
medical (vs. surgical) -- (requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease")

Sense 3
aesculapian, medical -- (of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art)

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