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medical out

C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words

Leave the army or a program because a doctor says you are too sick or hurt to continue.

Meanings

1 C1 informal

To be officially discharged from military service because of a medical condition or injury.

"He was medically out after suffering a severe knee injury during training."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Primarily used in American English military contexts. Often used in the passive or reflexive sense ('he was medically separated' is the official term; 'medically out' or 'medical out' are informal equivalents). Also occasionally used outside the military to mean leaving a program due to health reasons.

Commonly used with

military service army injury disability program

Forms

Base
medical out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
medicals out
he/she/it
Past simple
medicaled out
yesterday
Past participle
medicaled out
have + pp
-ing form
medicaling out
continuous

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Synonyms

invalided out medically discharged medically separated mustered out for health reasons

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