No. 892 in Spanish
médica
Female doctor or physician.
In a sentence
La médica atendió al paciente con mucha dedicación.
The doctor attended to the patient with great dedication.
Here, 'médica' is used as a noun meaning 'female doctor'.
La innovación médica ha avanzado significativamente en los últimos años.
Medical innovation has advanced significantly in recent years.
In this sentence, 'médica' is used as an adjective related to medical science or health.
Necesitamos equipo médica para el laboratorio.
We need medical equipment for the lab.
Although 'médica' appears here, this is a grammatical error since 'equipo' is masculine, and the correct form would be 'médico'. This could be a teaching opportunity regarding agreement in gender between nouns and adjectives.
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