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Medicine

Medical Definition: The art and science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.
Guide Notes: medicine only as a field, profession or discipline: differentiate from DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE where the patient is emphasized (see MeSH definition there); very general; avoid; it is divided broadly into experimental medicine ( = BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH) & CL
Medicine Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Adolescent Medicine - A branch of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic growth.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Andrology - A scientific or medical discipline concerning the study of male reproductive biology, diseases of the male genital organs, and male infertility. Major areas of interest include ENDOCRINOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; semen analysis; FERTILIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; and CRYOPRESERVATION.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Clinical Medicine - The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Community Medicine - A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Epidemiology - Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Geriatrics - The branch of medicine concerned with the physiological and pathological aspects of the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Medicine, Herbal - The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Military Medicine - The practice of medicine as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Naval Medicine - The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Osteopathic Medicine - A system of therapy and medicine based on the theory that the normal body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional states are of equal importance and is capable of making its own remedies against infections and toxic conditions when there are favorable environmental circumstances and adequate nutrition.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Social Medicine - A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Specialties, Medical - Various branches of medical practice limited to specialized areas.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Specialties, Surgical - Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialized areas.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sports Medicine - The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in sports activities.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Telemedicine - Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Traumatology - The medical specialty which deals with WOUNDS and INJURIES as well as resulting disability, disorders, and STRESS from physical and psychological traumas.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Tropical Medicine - The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.

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