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medicine, n.
(medicines)
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the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
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medical specialty medicine

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medical medical medicine medicate

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acute chronic fulgurating specific nonspecific algid invasive noninvasive corroborant local localized, localised topical general epidemic vicarious palpable positive, confirming negative, disconfirming psychotic iatrogenic self-limited clonic neurotropic catatonic parenteral emergency procedure infusion medicine, practice of medicine urinalysis, uranalysis scatology therapy irrigation bloodletting radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation imaging, tomography venipuncture monster, teras gauze, gauze bandage medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug salve, ointment, unction, unguent, balm plexor, plessor, percussor truss achromia succedaneum regime, regimen germ theory indication contraindication invasion carrier, immune carrier clinician donor host rejection licensing fee, license fee, license tax chelation festering, suppuration, maturation infection insufflation potentiation zymosis reserve curvature malignancy, malignance symptom sign immunity, resistance dysfunction, disfunction low-level radioactive waste snake oil prescribe tolerate autopsy auscultate visualize, visualise

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medical science

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allergology anesthesiology angiology bacteriology biomedicine biomedicine cardiology dentistry, dental medicine, odontology prosthetics dermatology emergency medicine endocrinology epidemiology forensic medicine, forensic pathology gastroenterology geriatrics, gerontology gynecology, gynaecology hematology, haematology hygiene, hygienics immunology internal medicine, general medicine nephrology nuclear medicine neurology, clinical neurology neuropsychiatry nosology, diagnostics obstetrics, OB, tocology, midwifery oncology ophthalmology otology pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica pharmacy, pharmaceutics psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine pediatrics, paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pedology podiatry, chiropody proctology rheumatology rhinolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology, otolaryngology space medicine sports medicine therapeutics thoracic medicine traumatology, accident surgery tropical medicine urology, urogenital medicine veterinary medicine virology

the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
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medicine practice of medicine

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"he studied medicine at Harvard"

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medical medicine medicate

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learned profession

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medicine, medical specialty

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preventive medicine alternative medicine complementary medicine

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(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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medicament medication medicinal drug medicine

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medicinal medicine medicate medicate

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medicate

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prescription nonprescription, over-the-counter

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