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  2. Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Medicine is the science [1] and practice [2] of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

  3. Medication - Wikipedia

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    A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy ) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on ...

  4. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Maternal-fetal medicine – (MFM), also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maxilla – in vertebrates , is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii ) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.

  5. Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...

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  8. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "3 times a day") tinct. tinctura: tincture t.i.w. 3 times a week mistaken for "twice a week" top. topical TPN total parenteral nutrition tr, tinc., tinct. tinctura: tincture trit. triturate: grind to a powder troch. trochiscus: lozenge tsp teaspoon U unit mistaken for a "4", "0" or "cc ...

  9. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine. Medical terminology has quite regular morphology , the same prefixes and suffixes are used to add meanings to different roots. [ 1 ] The root of a term often refers to an organ , tissue , or condition .