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