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Thesaurus entry: medicine
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medicine
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noun
1.
the practice of medicine. See table.
2.
take your medicine
synonyms
: medication, medicament, drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, dose, treatment, remedy, cure; nostrum, panacea, cure-all;
informal
meds;
archaic
physic.
See table.
Branches of Medicine
anesthesiology (anesthesia)
allopathy (conventional drugs)
audiology (hearing)
cardiology (heart)
chiropody (feet)
cytology (cells)
dentistry (teeth)
dermatology (skin)
embryology (embryos)
endocrinology (glands, hormones)
epidemiology (disease control)
etiology (disease causes)
family practice (general medicine)
gastroenterology (stomach, intestines)
general practice (general medicine)
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