INTERNAL MEDICINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal medicine mean? 

• INTERNAL MEDICINE (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL MEDICINE has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults)

  Familiarity information: INTERNAL MEDICINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL MEDICINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

general medicine; internal medicine

Hypernyms ("internal medicine" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

 Context examples 

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.

(Medical Oncology, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the kidney.

(Nephrology, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

(Gastroenterology, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A doctor who specializes in internal medicine.

(Internist, NCI Dictionary)

A national medical society for internal medicine professionals.

(American College of Physicians, NCI Thesaurus)

Fellow of American College of Physicians is a member of society of internal medicine practitioners.

(Fellow of American College of Physicians, NCI Thesaurus)

A specialist in internal medicine

(Internist, NCI Thesaurus)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health that conducts and supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as well as many basic science disciplines.

(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NCI Thesaurus)

However, Himmat Saluba Bawaskar, an expert in internal medicine at the Bawaskar Hospital and Research Center, Maharashtra state, tells that in his 40-year clinical experience he has observed that snakebites associated with the ‘big four’ mostly respond well to the currently available polyvalent antivenom.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)