medicals
MED-i-kuhlz/ˈmɛdɪkl̩z/
- 1Plural of medical.
The airline requires annual medicals for all of its pilots.
Recruits underwent their medicals at the base hospital before training began.
Note
Only the noun takes this plural; the adjective medical, as in medical care, never does. In everyday use, medicals are examinations: an informal shorthand for "medical examinations," as in annual medicals for pilots. An older noun meant a medical practitioner, so medicals could once refer to the doctors themselves. That use is archaic and would likely confuse readers today.
medicals is a form of medical
medical, noun: An examination of a person's health, typically to assess physical fitness or readiness. Full entry
- Forms
- medicalmedicals plural
- Spelling
- medical → medicals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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