medically
/ˈmedəkli/MEH-duh-klee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈmɛdəkli/MEH-duh-klee
Meaningin a medical way
Common meaning: in terms of medicine
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- medto heal; a doctorLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1122 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
- aladjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinmedeor; medicus‘to heal’
- Englishmedical‘to do with healing’
- Englishformed in English from medicalmedically‘in terms of medicine’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from medical + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MEDICAL, p.361 · scan
Roots
- medeor; medicus Latin “to heal; a doctor”
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