the practice of medicine

  • 1The Principles and Practice of Medicine — The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine is a medical textbook by Sir William Osler. It was first published in 1892 while Osler was Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University,… …

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  • 2practice of medicine — The practice of the art of healing disease and preserving health. Anno: 86 ALR 623. The treatment of a human being by another person for the purpose of relieving an ailment, with a public profession on the alleged doctor s part of the ability to… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 3practice — The exercise of the profession of medicine or one of the allied health professions. [Mediev. L. practica, business, G. praktikos, pertaining to action] extramural p. delivery of health care services by university faculties or full time hospital… …

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  • 4practice of medicine — noun 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 he studied medicine at Harvard • Syn: ↑medicine • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 5Medicine and Canon Law — • In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, whether secular or regular, was not treated with disapproval by the Church, nor was it at all uncommon for them to devote a considerable part of their time to the medical avocation.… …

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  • 6medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …

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  • 7Practice — Prac tice, n. [OE. praktike, practique, F. pratique, formerly also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? practical. See {Practical}, and cf. {Pratique}, {Pretty}.] 1. Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a… …

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  • 8Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine — Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, a peer reviewed journal for cardiologists, delivers timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. The Editor in Chief, Valentin… …

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  • 9The Medical Society of the County of Westchester — is one of the oldest physician organizations in the United States. It was established in 1797 by 10 physicians in order to foster the common interests of its members and the general public. Over the last 210 years the Society has grown to… …

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  • 10The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine — (ISSN: 1817 5562): is the first international Iraqi peer reviewed medical journal. The journal started life in 2005 as Al Karkh Journal of Medicine , the first issues being of an introductory nature, concerned with editorial policy, etc. The… …

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