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 framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure |
punishment for one's actions | (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure |
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) |
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques | |