ˈmɛdɪkl̩ ˈmɛdɪkl̩ a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery medical treatment pneumonia is a medical disease of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art relating to the study or practice of medicine the medical profession a medical student medical school