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definition of medicine by Medical dictionary

By Adella Miesner 4 months ago

medicine

 [med´ĭ-sin]

1. any drug or remedy.

2. the art and science of the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

3. the nonsurgical treatment of disease.

aviation medicine the branch of medicine that deals with the physiologic, medical, psychologic, and epidemiologic problems involved in flying.

ayurvedic medicine the traditional medicine of India, done according to Hindu scriptures and making use of plants and other healing materials native to India.

clinical medicine

1. the study of disease by direct examination of the living patient.

2. the last two years of the usual curriculum in a medical college.

complementary medicine (complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)) a large and diverse set of systems of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention based on philosophies and techniques other than those used in conventional Western medicine, often derived from traditions of medical practice used in other, non-Western cultures. Such practices may
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medicine | Definition, Fields, Research, & Facts

By Adella Miesner 4 months ago

Medicine, the practice concerned with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease.

laparoscopy
laparoscopySurgeons performing a laparoscopy.© s4svisuals/Shutterstock.com

The World Health Organization at its 1978 international conference held in the Soviet Union produced the Alma-Ata Health Declaration, which was designed to serve governments as a basis for planning health care that would reach people at all levels of society. The declaration reaffirmed that

health, which is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is a fundamental human right and that the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal whose realization requires the action of many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector.

In its widest form, the practice of medicine—that is to say, the promotion and care of health—is concerned

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Underrepresented in Medicine Definition | AAMC

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

On March 19, 2004, the AAMC Executive Committee adopted a clarification to its definition of “underrepresented in medicine” following the Supreme Court’s decision in Grutter.

The AAMC definition of underrepresented in medicine is:

“Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.”

Adopted by the AAMC’s Executive Council on June 26, 2003, the definition helps medical schools accomplish three important objectives:

  • a shift in focus from a fixed aggregation of four racial and ethnic groups to a continually evolving underlying reality. The definition accommodates including and removing underrepresented groups on the basis of changing demographics of society and the profession,
  • a shift in focus from a national perspective to a regional or local perspective on underrepresentation, and
  • stimulate data collection and reporting on the broad range of racial and ethnic self-descriptions.
     

Before June 26, 2003,

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Hospital admission | definition of hospital admission by Medical dictionary

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

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Admission

MedspeakUK
(1) The point at which a person begins an episode of care—e.g., by arriving at an inpatient ward.
(2) The point at which a person enters hospital as a patient.
Vox populi A statement by a person accused of doing a certain action acknowledging having done that action. 

Hospital/Healthcare admission types, Scotland
Emergency admission
30  Emergency admission, no additional detail added
31  Patient Injury Self-inflicted—injury or poisoning
32  Patient Injury Road traffic accident (RTA)
33  Patient Injury Home incident—including assault or accidental poisoning in the home.
34  Patient Injury Incident at work—including assault or accidental poisoning at work.
35  Patient Injury Other injury—including accidental poisoning outside of home—not elsewhere classified.
36  Patient Non-injury—e.g. stroke, acute MI, ruptured appendix.
38  Other Emergency admission—including emergency transfers.
39  Emergency Admission, type not known.
Other Admission
40  Other admission types, no

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Definition of Health According to WHO

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

World Health Organization (WHO), defined Health as being “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” in 1948. Since then only few of the publications believed on the definition of health and its evolution in the first 6 decades. Others declare the definition, which has not been modified since 1948, “simply a bad one.”

In 1986 WHO also said that health is “a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.” Also there is a term known as Mental Health and it describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder.

According to the World Health Organization, mental health is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with

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hospital | Definition, History, Types, Services, & Facts

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

Hospital, an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the injured; and for their housing during this process. The modern hospital also often serves as a centre for investigation and for teaching.

hospital
hospitalRiverside campus of The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont., Can.SimonP

To better serve the wide-ranging needs of the community, the modern hospital has often developed outpatient facilities, as well as emergency, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services. In addition, “bedless hospitals” provide strictly ambulatory (outpatient) care and day surgery. Patients arrive at the facility for short appointments. They may also stay for treatment in surgical or medical units for part of a day or for a full day, after which they are discharged for follow-up by a primary care health provider.

Hospitals have long existed in most countries. Developing countries, which contain

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definition of fitness by The Free Dictionary

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

The former measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things; the latter decided all matters by authority; but in doing this, he always used the scriptures and their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Lyttleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text.
The title suggests all kinds of mysteries; a glance at the chapter-headings quickly confirms the suspicions already aroused, and the sub-title: “A Book for All and None”, generally succeeds in dissipating the last doubts the prospective purchaser may entertain concerning his fitness for the book or its fitness for him.
A Dodson would not be taxed with the omission of anything that was becoming, or that belonged to that eternal fitness of things which was plainly indicated in the practice of the most substantial parishioners, and in the family traditions,–such as obedience to parents, faithfulness to
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Hospital-Acquired Infection: Definition and Patient Education

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

A nosocomial infection is contracted because of an infection or toxin that exists in a certain location, such as a hospital. People now use nosocomial infections interchangeably with the terms health-care associated infections (HAIs) and hospital-acquired infections. For a HAI, the infection must not be present before someone has been under medical care.

One of the most common wards where HAIs occur is the intensive care unit (ICU), where doctors treat serious diseases. About 1 in 10 of the people admitted to a hospital will contract a HAI. They’re also associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs.

As medical care becomes more complex and antibiotic resistance increases, the cases of HAIs will grow. The good news is that HAIs can be prevented in a lot of healthcare situations. Read on to learn more about HAIs and what they may mean for you.

For a HAI, the infection must occur:

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WHO definition of health

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

Arabic –

 
Chinese – 
健康不仅为疾病或羸弱之消除，而系体格，精神与社会之完全健康
状态。

English –
Health is a state
of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity

French –
La sant est un
tat de complet bien-tre physique, mental et social, et ne consiste pas
seulement en une absence de maladie ou d’infirmit

 Russian –
Здоровье является
состоянием полного физического, душевного и социального благополучия,  а
не только отсутствием болезней и физических дефектов

  Spanish –
La salud es un
estado de completo bienestar fsico, mental y social, y no solamente la
ausencia de afecciones o enfermedades


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تقرب ماهو بعيد
الصحه الكونيه

 

 

公共卫生
如此之近，又如此之远

 

 



Global Health. So near, So far

 

 

La
sant mondiale.  Si proche, si loin

 

 


Всемирная  охрана Здоровья. Так близко! Так далеко?

 

 

Salud
Global.  Tan cerca,

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Definition of Dentist at Dictionary.com

By Adella Miesner 5 months ago

[ den-tist ]

/ ˈdɛn tɪst /

noun

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Origin of dentist

1750–60; dentiste, equivalent to dent tooth (see dent2) + -iste -ist

Words nearby dentist

dentinoid, dentinoma, dentinum, dentiparous, dentirostral, dentist, dentistry, dentition, dento-, dentoalveolar, dentoalveolar abscess

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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

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British Dictionary definitions for dentist

dentist

noun

a person qualified to practise dentistry

Word Origin for dentist

C18: from French dentiste, from dent tooth

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co.

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