See Also: single 1, adjective(dictionary)
medical 1, adjective(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center(health)
SINGLE(law)
single tax(encyclopedia)
Single(casino)
Single(medicine)

medical model (medicine) and single 1, adjective (oh)


medical model (medicine)


medical model


A set of assumptions that views behavioural abnormalities in the same framework as physical disease or abnormalities.


single 1, adjective (oh)



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1 ?one?
2 every single
3 not a single
4 the single biggest/greatest etc
5 ?not married?
6 single bed/room etc
7 ?ticket?
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[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin singulus]
?ONE?
[only before noun] only one
::A single tree gave shade from the sun.
::They won the game by a single point.
::the highest price ever paid for a single work of Art
::a single-sex school (=one for only boys or girls)
every single
used to emphasize that you are talking about every person or thing
::Don't write down every single word I say.
::He works every single day.
not a single
no people or things at all
::The plane was brought down safely and not a single passenger was killed.
::We didn't get a single reply to the advertisement.
the single biggest/greatest etc
used to emphasize that you are talking about the one thing that is the biggest, greatest etc
::Cigarette smoking is the single most important cause of lung cancer.
::Tourism is the country's single biggest earner.
?NOT MARRIED?
not married, or not involved in a romantic relationship with anyone
::The changes in tax rates will benefit single people the most.
::Is he single?
single bed/room etc
a bed, room etc that is meant to be used by one person only
::You have to pay extra for a single room.
?TICKET?
BrE a single ticket etc is for a trip from one place to another but not back again
-synonym one-way one-way
-see also return return, round-trip round-trip