practice of medicine

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practice of medicine - 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; "he studied medicine at Harvard"medicinelearned profession - one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principlespreventive medicine - the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease; "the medical establishment doesn't profit from preventive medicine"alternative medicine - the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncturecomplementary medicine - the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicinegroup practice - (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resourcesmedical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquesquack - act as a medical quack or a charlatandoctor - give medical treatment tovet - provide veterinary care forvet - provide (a person) with medical carenurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs"dispense, administer - give or apply (medications)transfuse - give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) todigitalize - administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effectscure, bring around, heal - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"remedy, relieve - provide relief for; "remedy his illness"dress - apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"poultice, plaster - dress by covering with a therapeutic substancebandage - dress by covering or binding; "The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle"; "bandage an incision"strap - secure (a sprained joint) with a strapsplint - support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"venesect - practice venesectionmedicine, medicate - treat medicinally, treat with medicinemedicate - impregnate with a medicinal substancedrug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"dope up, dope - give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"soup - dope (a racehorse)salve - apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healingleech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, bleed - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"infuse - introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"vaccinate, immunise, immunize, inoculate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"cup, transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skinancylose, ankylose - undergo ankylosis; "joints ankylose"ancylose, ankylose - produce ankylosis by surgeryeviscerate - remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"diagnose - subject to a medical analysisexplore - examine (organs) for diagnostic purposespalpate, feel - examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"amputate, cut off - remove surgically; "amputate limbs"slough off - separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortioneviscerate, resect - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ

practice of medicine

practice of medicine

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noun 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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