Medicine
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| - | Medicine is concerned with the maintaining or restoring [[human]] [[health]] through its [[Medical Research|study]], [[diagnosis]], and [[therapy|treatment]]. | + | |
| - | The term is derived from the [[Latin]] '''''ars medicina''''' which means ''the art of healing''. The modern practice of medicine occurs at the many interfaces between ''the art of healing'' and various sciences. Medicine is directly connected to the [[health science]]s and [[biomedicine]]. Broadly speaking, the term 'Medicine' today refers to the fields of '''clinical medicine''', [[medical research]] and [[surgery]], thereby covering the challenges of [[disease]] and [[injury]]. | + | '''Medicine''' is the [[art]] and [[science]] of [[healing]]. It encompasses a range of [[health care]] practices evolved to maintain and restore [[health]] by the [[prevention (medical)|prevention]] and [[therapy|treatment]] of [[illness]]. |
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Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
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