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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


SamplesHe studied medicine at Harvard.


Synonymsmedicine


Broader (hypernym)learned profession


Narrower (hyponym)alternative medicine, complementary medicine, preventive medicine


Domain categorymedical specialty, medicine


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