EGAVE

physical

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 115.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of medicine. Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly. Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic.
  2. adjective Pertaining to the field of medicine; medical. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. adjective That practises medicine; pertaining to doctors, physicianly.
  4. adjective Medicinal; good for the health, curative, therapeutic.
  5. adjective Of matter and nature. Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
    It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
  6. adjective Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
    It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
  7. adjective In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
    The substance has a number of interesting physical properties.
  8. adjective Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).

Similar words

physiological physiologic somatic animal fleshly bodily corporal corporeal carnal tangible

Often followed by

and education properties examination activity or world condition characteristics environment

Word family

physically physicalness physicalnesses physicals

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