Medicine
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Medicine is concerned with the maintaining or restoring human health through its study, diagnosis, and 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 sciences 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.
- A treatment or cure.
- A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
- The study of the causes, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease or illness.
- The profession of physicians and surgeons; those who practice medicine.
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Medicine" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
