Medical Dictionary

manual

adj man·u·al \ˈman-yə(-wə)l\

Medical Definition of MANUAL

1
a :  of, relating to, or involving the hands <manual dexterity> b :  done or performed by hand and not by machine <manual removal of nits and lice—Jerome Potts>
2
:  using signs and the manual alphabet in teaching the deaf—compare oral 2
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