English > practice of medicine: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | medicine |
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| Category of | administer, dispense | Give or apply (medications) |
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| amputate, cut off | Remove surgically |
| ankylose, ancylose | Undergo ankylosis |
| ankylose, ancylose | produce ankylosis by surgery |
| bandage | Dress by covering or binding |
| bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise | Draw blood |
| bring around, cure, heal | Provide a cure for, make healthy / healthy again |
| cup, transfuse | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin |
| diagnose | subject to a medical analysis |
| digitalize | Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects |
| doctor | Give medical treatment to |
| dope, dope up | Give a narcotic to |
| dress | apply a bandage or medication to |
| drug, dose | Administer a drug to |
| eviscerate | Remove the contents of |
| explore | Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes |
| group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
| immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate | Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation |
| infuse | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes |
| inject, shoot | Give an injection to |
| medicate, medicine | treat medicinally, treat with medicine |
| medicate | impregnate with a medicinal substance |
| nurse | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury |
| operate on, operate | Perform surgery on |
| palpate, feel | Examine (a body part) by palpation |
| poultice, plaster | Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance |
| quack | act as a medical quack or a charlatan |
| remedy, relieve | Provide relief for |
| resect, eviscerate | surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ |
| salve | apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing |
| slough off | Separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion |
| soup | dope (a racehorse) |
| splint | support with a splint |
| strap | Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap |
| transfuse | Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to |
| venesect | practice venesection |
| vet | Provide veterinary care for |
| vet | Provide (a person) with medical care |
| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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| Narrower | alternative medicine | The practice of medicine without the use of drugs |
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| complementary medicine | The practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine |
| preventive medicine | The branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease |
| Broader | learned profession | One of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles |
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| Spanish | medicina |
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| Catalan | medicina |
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