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Parent topics
Medicine: The study of health and disease of the human body. [e]
- Doctor (disambiguation): Add brief definition or description
Surgery: Field of medicine that focuses on operative treatments of the body. [e]
Subtopics
- Anesthesiologist: Add brief definition or description
- Cardiologist: Add brief definition or description
- Dermatologist: Add brief definition or description
Disease: A condition of the body in which one or more of its components fail to operate properly, resulting in disability, pain or other forms of suffering, or behavioral aberrations. [e]
Electronic medical record: A digital form of medical (hospital or clinic) record. [e]
Hippocrates: (c. 460 – 370 BCE) A physician, who revolutionized the practice of medicine by transforming it from its mythical, superstitious, magical and supernatural roots to a science based on observation and reason. [e]
Hippocratic Oath: An oath traditionally taken by physicians before practising medicine. [e]
Homeopathy: System of alternative medicine involving administration of highly diluted substances with the intention to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, not considered proven by mainstream science. [e]
Hospitalist: Physician, usually an internist, who specializes in the care of hospitalized patients. [e]
- Internist: Add brief definition or description
Medical ethics: The study of moral values as they apply to medicine. [e]
Medication: A licensed drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. [e]
Nuclear medicine: That medical specialty, or subspecialty, concerned with diagnosis and treatment using radioisotopes administered to the patient [e]
- Orthopedist: Surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery treating diseases and conditions involving the musculoskeletal system; also spelled orthopaedist. Sports medicine is an important subfield. [e]
Primary care physician: Add brief definition or description
- Surgeon: Add brief definition or description
- Virologist: Add brief definition or description
Acute radiation syndrome: Disease or death caused by whole-body irradiation, over a short period of time, with a significant quantity of penetrating radiation [e]
American Cryonics Society: California-based non-profit corporation that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics and cryobiology. [e]
- Anthony Fauci: Add brief definition or description
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: (1632 - 1723) Dutch scientist who discovered single-celled organisms. [e]
Bacteriophage: A virus that infects bacteria; often called a phage. [e]
Chloroform: an organic chemical compound having the chemical formula CHCl3, also known as trichloromethane (IUPAC name). [e]
- Deborah Birx: Dr. Deborah Leah Birx is an American physician and diplomat who served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator for Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump since 2014; she also served as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force. [e]
Functional magnetic resonance imaging: A neuroimaging technique used to monitor task-specific blood oxygenation, primarily in the brain. [e]
Genetic counseling: Testing of couples who are planning to be parents in which their genomes are evaluated regarding the likelihood of them having children with genetic diseases or defects. [e]
Genetics: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
Hemochromatosis: Hereditary disorder affecting iron metabolism in which excessive amounts of iron accumulate in the body tissues, characterized by diabetes mellitus, liver dysfunction, and a bronze pigmentation of the skin. [e]
Infant mortality: Add brief definition or description
John McKinly: Add brief definition or description
Joshua Clayton: Add brief definition or description
Luc Montagnier: Add brief definition or description
Marcia Angell: Add brief definition or description
Multiple sclerosis: Add brief definition or description
Neuroimaging: Add brief definition or description
Paracelsus: Add brief definition or description
Patient satisfaction: Add brief definition or description
Pharmacy: Add brief definition or description
Physician-patient relationship: Add brief definition or description
Radioactivity: Add brief definition or description
Radiology: Add brief definition or description
Ron Paul: Add brief definition or description
Scoliosis: Add brief definition or description
Skin: Add brief definition or description
Snakebite: Add brief definition or description
Venereal disease: Add brief definition or description