Of medicine
1Medicine, adoption — Medicine for the adopted child, including pre adoption counseling and evaluation based on a child s medical records as well as post adoption consultations and, often, primary care of the adopted child. The field of adoption medicine began to… …
2medicine cabinet — n MEDICINE CHEST …
3medicine glass — n a small glass vessel graduated (as in ounces, drams, or milliliters) for measuring medicine …
4medicine chest — n a cupboard used esp. for storing medicines or first aid supplies …
5medicine dropper — n DROPPER …
6Medicine, forensic — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Forensic medicine is also called legal medicine. A physician may be engaged in forensic (or legal) medicine; a lawyer with… …
7Medicine, legal — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Legal medicine is also called forensic medicine. A physician may be engaged in legal (or forensic) medicine while a lawyer with… …
8Medicine, transfusion — Blood transfusion and blood conservation are the complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena of transfusion medicine. Blood transfusion is the transfer of blood or blood products from one person (the donor) into another person s… …
9Medicine, occupational — The field of medicine encompassing diseases due to factors in the occupation of people. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases)… …
10Medicine, geriatric — The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and the problems specific to aging. Also called geriatrics. From the Greek geron meaning old man + iatreia meaning the treatment of disease …
