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MEDICAL SCIENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("medical science" is a kind of...):
bioscience; life science (any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical science"):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
radiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation)
serology (the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease)
surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)
orthopaedics; orthopedics (the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints)
neurology (the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system)
Context examples:
The branch of medical science that deals with the study of structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system; for thorough searching also see NEUROSCIENCE, MENTAL DISORDER, NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER, NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER DIAGNOSIS, MENTAL DISORDER DIAGNOSIS, NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER CHEMOTHERAPY, COMMUNICATION DISORDER, NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDER.
(Neurology, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
The medical science, and specialty practice, concerned with all aspects of disease, but with special reference to the essential nature, causes, and development of abnormal conditions, as well as the structural and functional changes that result from the disease processes.
(Pathology, NCI Thesaurus)
The Doctor of Medicine degree is the first-professional postgraduate degree that requires completion of a program that meets all of the following criteria: completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in the profession; at least 2 years of college work prior to entering the program; and a total of at least 6 academic years of college work to complete a program of studies in any branch of medical science, including prior required college work plus the length of the professional program itself.
(Doctor of Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)
Of course you must bear in mind that I did not have full opportunity of examination such as I should wish; our very friendship makes a little difficulty which not even medical science or custom can bridge over.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
