medical
part of speech
adjective (medical); noun (a medical — a health check, mainly British)
meaning for a pupil
1) To do with medicine, doctors, illness and keeping people healthy. tree →
2) As a noun, a check of your body by a doctor. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health lessons, medical help comes from doctors, nurses, paramedics and hospitals. In safety, a medical emergency needs help at once, so you call the emergency number. Some children wear a medical bracelet showing an allergy or condition. Phrases: medical help, medical emergency, medical kit, medical bracelet, medical centre, medical school.
examples
- She needs medical help right away. tree →
- This is a medical emergency — call an ambulance! tree →
- My brother wears a medical bracelet for his allergy. tree →
- The nurse keeps a medical kit in her office. tree →
- Doctors go to medical school for many years. tree →
- He had a medical before joining the team. tree →
- The physicians of Myddvai were historic personages, renowned for their medical skill for some six centuries, till the race died out with John Jones, fl. 1743. tree →
note
Adjective; it comes from "medicine". Do not take medicine that is not yours; medical decisions are for adults and doctors. Emergency numbers: 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand).
In the corpora
- "Adverse event" is medical jargon for harm or injury caused by medical treatment.
- "Halitosis" is the medical-sounding name for bad breath.
- In the UK, for medical advice that is not an emergency, an adult can call NHS 111.
- A nosebleed that will not stop after 20 minutes, or that came after a big knock, needs medical help.
- A big burn, or a burn on the face or hands, needs an adult to call for medical help.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «medical» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.