English noun: practice of medicine |
1. | practice of medicine (act) 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 |
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| Samples | He studied medicine at Harvard.
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| Synonyms | medicine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | learned profession |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alternative medicine, complementary medicine, preventive medicine |
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| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine |
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| Domain category members | administer, amputate, ancylose, ancylose, ankylose, ankylose, bandage, bleed, bring around, cup, cure, cut off, diagnose, digitalize, dispense, doctor, dope, dope up, dose, dress, drug, eviscerate, eviscerate, explore, feel, group practice, heal, immunise, immunize, infuse, inject, inoculate, leech, medicate, medicate, medicine, nurse, operate, operate on, palpate, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, plaster, poultice, quack, relieve, remedy, resect, salve, shoot, slough off, soup, splint, strap, transfuse, transfuse, vaccinate, venesect, vet, vet |
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