the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds | 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 |
(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning | punishment for one's actions |
| (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |