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Definition: The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.  medicine only as a field, profession or discipline: differentiate from DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE where the patient is emphasized; very general; it is divided broadly into experimental medicine (   
See Also Economics, Medical; Education, Medical; History of Medicine; Legislation, Medical
Examples Adolescent Medicine; Aerospace Medicine; Allergy and Immunology; Andrology; Anesthesiology; Bariatric Medicine; Behavioral Medicine; Clinical Medicine; Community Medicine; Dermatology; Disaster Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Forensic Medicine; General Practice; Genetics, Medical; Geriatrics; Integrative Medicine; Internal Medicine; Military Medicine; Naval Medicine; Neurology; Osteopathic Medicine; Pathology; Pediatrics; Physical Medicine; Psychiatry; Public Health; Radiology; Regenerative Medicine; Reproductive Medicine; Social Medicine; Specialties, Surgical; Sports Medicine; Telemedicine; Travel Medicine; Tropical Medicine; Venereology; Wilderness Medicine 		Other names Speciality, Medical; Medical Speciality; Specialty, Medical; Specialties, Medical; Specialities, Medical; Medical Specialty; Medical Specialties; Medical Specialities

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