medical leave

collocation in English

meaningsofmedicalandleave

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medical
adjective
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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leave
noun
uk
/liːv/us
/liːv/
time allowed away from work for a holiday ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandleavefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmedical leave

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Such did not indicate who he would support in a minority government before he went on two months'medicalleavefor a brain tumour.
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He was onmedicalleavefor much of the rest of the year.
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She was wounded again but refused to takemedicalleave.
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He also announced an immediatemedicalleavefrom the university.
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The plaintiff also said he was fired after requesting another month off after returning from three months ofmedicalleave.
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Shortly after announcing that he would be onmedicalleavefor the 2007 season, he died of brain cancer.
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Instead, she washes up downstream and is givenmedicalleaveby the bank.
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There he suffered frostbite and several further bouts of hepatitis, after which he was grantedmedicalleave.
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However, he continued to serve as prime minister until his death, which occurred during amedicalleaveof absence.
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Though placed onmedicalleave, he refuses to let the case rest.
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However, a week later he rescinded the resignation, instead taking amedicalleaveof absence.
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He is working to support a bill that would require employers to provide paid family andmedicalleave.
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He states he has turned the ring into police, with whom he is cooperating, and that he is putting his career on hold, takingmedicalleaveto obtain psychological help.
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Sutton announced he was taking amedicalleaveof absence from the basketball team, citing his health problems and the accident as reasons.
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Despite the fact that he never recovered from the coma, he continued to officially serve as president onmedicalleaveuntil his death two years later.
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Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 but still continued to coach until the illness forced her to take amedicalleaveof absence in early 2009.
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Watson took an indefinitemedicalleaveof absence.
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Coonan was placed on administrative leave, then onmedicalleave.
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Gunter went onmedicalleavein the middle of the 2003-04 season.
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Gunter took amedicalleaveof absence in the middle of the 2003-04 season.
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