practice of medicine
English Thesaurus
1. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | learned profession, |
| definition | : | one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | preventive medicine, |
| definition | : | the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | alternative medicine, |
| definition | : | the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | complementary medicine, |
| definition | : | the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | group practice, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | quack, |
| definition | : | act as a medical quack or a charlatan (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | doctor, |
| definition | : | give medical treatment to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | vet, |
| definition | : | provide veterinary care for (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | vet, |
| definition | : | provide (a person) with medical care (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | nurse, |
| definition | : | try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | administer, dispense, |
| definition | : | give or apply (medications) (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | transfuse, |
| definition | : | give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | digitalize, |
| definition | : | administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | bring around, cure, heal, |
| definition | : | provide a cure for, make healthy again (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | relieve, remedy, |
| definition | : | provide relief for (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | dress, |
| definition | : | apply a bandage or medication to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | plaster, poultice, |
| definition | : | dress by covering with a therapeutic substance (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | bandage, |
| definition | : | dress by covering or binding (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | strap, |
| definition | : | secure (a sprained joint) with a strap (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | splint, |
| definition | : | support with a splint (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | operate, operate on, |
| definition | : | perform surgery on (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | venesect, |
| definition | : | practice venesection (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | medicate, medicine, |
| definition | : | treat medicinally, treat with medicine (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | medicate, |
| definition | : | impregnate with a medicinal substance (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | dose, drug, |
| definition | : | administer a drug to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | dope, dope up, |
| definition | : | give a narcotic to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | soup, |
| definition | : | dope (a racehorse) (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | salve, |
| definition | : | apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | inject, shoot, |
| definition | : | give an injection to (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | infuse, |
| definition | : | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | cup, transfuse, |
| definition | : | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | ancylose, ankylose, |
| definition | : | undergo ankylosis (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | ancylose, ankylose, |
| definition | : | produce ankylosis by surgery (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | eviscerate, |
| definition | : | remove the contents of (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | diagnose, |
| definition | : | subject to a medical analysis (verb.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | explore, |
| definition | : | examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes (verb.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | feel, palpate, |
| definition | : | examine (a body part) by palpation (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | amputate, cut off, |
| definition | : | remove surgically (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | slough off, |
| definition | : | separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | eviscerate, resect, |
| definition | : | surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | medicate, medicine, |
| definition | : | treat medicinally, treat with medicine (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | medical, |
| definition | : | relating to the study or practice of medicine (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | medicate, medicine, |
| definition | : | treat medicinally, treat with medicine (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | medical, |
| definition | : | relating to the study or practice of medicine (adj.pert) |
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