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medical

[med-i-kuhl] / ˈmɛd ɪ kəl /


ADJECTIVE
relating to discipline of medicine
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When her fiance suffered a medical emergency and their planned elopement and relationship fell apart, she could have quietly drawn a line under the chapter.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

First, a series of crises, coupled with rising pension and medical costs for aging populations, ratcheted debts ever higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

When a bite occurs, fragile health systems, long travel distances to regional facilities and the high cost or total absence of effective antivenom mean a treatable medical emergency can quickly become fatal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Kelker-Kelly died of arteriosclerotic heart disease, the St. Charles county regional medical examiner of Missouri confirmed to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Little Tao Tao having a medical exam—this time to check his weight.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Both Sancho and Elliott are now at Villa to complete medicals and the formalities of their loan moves.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

Unlike Judge’s foundation, which tweeted “Case closed” and congratulated its founder on returning to New York, Cashman had to wait out the paperwork, the medicals and the contract language.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

He’s on a draftable trajectory right now, as long as the medicals are OK.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

New York chose not to offer Rocker a contract after evaluating his medicals.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

—Have you found those six brave medicals, John Eglinton asked with elder's gall, to write Paradise Lost at your dictation?

From Ulysses by James Joyce


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