Medical vs Preventive - What's the difference?
medical | preventive |
Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
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Requiring medical treatment.
Pertaining to the state of one's health.
Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
(informal) A medical examination.
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Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
Carried out to deter military aggression.
Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
* Sir Thomas Browne
(obsolete) Going before; preceding.
* Cudworth
(dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
* 1856 , Henry William Herbert, The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen
(nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
A contraceptive, especially a condom.
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As adjectives the difference between medical and preventive
is that medical is medical while preventive is .medical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- medical''' doctor]]; [[medical student, '''medical student
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- medical''' marijuana; '''medical''' cannabis; '''medical treatment
- A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.
- medical''' examinaton; '''medical''' exemption; '''medical''' history]]; [[medical record, '''medical''' record''; ' medical diagnosis
- medical ward
Synonyms
* (medicinal) curative, therapeuticDerived terms
* medical doctor * medical history * medical record * medical studentNoun
(en noun)- You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.
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.
Anagrams
* ----preventive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Physic is either curative or preventive .
- Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.
Noun
(en noun)- Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms