Phrase guide

medical certificate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 醫生紙 /医生纸 (ji1 sang1 zi2) — statement from a physician
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醫療證明 /医疗证明 (yīliáo zhèngmíng) — statement from a physician
  • Chinese Mandarin: 病假條 /病假条 (bìngjiàtiáo) — statement from a physician
  • Danish: lægeerklæring — statement from a physician
  • Danish: lægeattest — statement from a physician
  • Finnish: lääkärintodistus — statement from a physician
  • French: certificat médical — statement from a physician
  • German: Gesundheitszeugnis — statement from a physician
  • German: Attest — statement from a physician
  • Japanese: 診断書 (shindansho) — statement from a physician
  • Malay: sijil perubatan — statement from a physician
  • Norwegian: legemelding — statement from a physician
  • Portuguese: atestado — statement from a physician
  • Romanian: adeverință medicală — statement from a physician
  • Russian: спра́вка о состоя́нии здоро́вья (správka o sostojánii zdoróvʹja) — statement from a physician
  • Russian: медици́нское свиде́тельство (medicínskoje svidételʹstvo) — statement from a physician
  • Russian: больни́чный лист (bolʹníčnyj list) — statement from a physician
  • Russian: медици́нская спра́вка (medicínskaja správka) — statement from a physician
  • Russian: больни́чный (bolʹníčnyj) — statement from a physician
  • Russian: спра́вка (správka) — statement from a physician
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdravstvena svjedodžba — statement from a physician
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdravstvena potvrda — statement from a physician
  • Spanish: certificado médico — statement from a physician
  • Swedish: sjukintyg — statement from a physician
  • Swedish: läkarintyg — statement from a physician