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 | a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from sticking together to form clots that would restrict blood flow |
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 | |