(medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus) | 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 process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | 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 |