Medicine: (1) A drug. (2) The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. (3) The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually requiring surgical intervention. [L. medicina, fr. medicus, physician (see medicus)]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Medicine: general term for health care, nursing, and medical practice specialties; see also the RTs treed elsewhere.
Source: CRISP
Medicine: The art and science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.
Source: MeSH 2007
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