| musical | Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. Musical, or Music, box, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. <zoology> Musical fish, any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc. Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. CF. Harmonica. Origin: Cf. F. Musical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| musical agraphia | An inability to write musical notation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musical alexia | Loss of the ability to read music. (27 Sep 1997) |
| musical murmur | A cardiac or vascular murmur having a high-pitched musical character. (05 Mar 2000) |