medically
medically — adverb
1. used to describe actions, conditions, or decisions that relate to medicine, the
used to describe actions, conditions, or decisions that relate to medicine, the work of doctors and nurses, or the health of the body.
The patient was medically stable after the surgery and moved to a regular ward.
medically stable — describing health status after treatment
The doctor declared Talia medically unfit to fly for at least two months.
declared + object + medically unfit + infinitive
The nurse said the blood test results were not medically significant.
A medically supervised diet helped the Lee family control their blood sugar levels.
Cole was kept in the hospital for observation even though his injuries were not medically serious.
- clinically
narrower — focuses on hospital or laboratory settings and observed signs, e.g. 'clinically depressed' vs. the broader 'medically unfit'
- therapeutically
focuses on the effects of treatment rather than the medical context generally; less common in everyday language
文法句型
medically + adjective (medically stable)
medically + past participle (medically supervised)
declared + object + medically + adjective (declared her medically unfit)
用法筆記
Almost always placed directly before an adjective or past participle — it does not appear on its own at the end of a sentence. The adjectives it modifies typically evaluate medical condition (stable, fit, unfit, serious) or necessity (necessary, indicated).