| EMT-M | or EMT-MAST emergency medical technician-military antishock trousers |
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| IMS | incurred in military service; Indian Medical Service; industrial methylated spirit; information mana... |
| MAST | military antishock trousers; Michigan Alcohol Screening Test |
| MCE | medical care evaluation; military clinical engineering; multicystic encephalopathy; multiple cartila... |
| MDMU | medical devices for military use |
| patent medicine | A medicine, usually originally patented, advertised to the public. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| religion and medicine | The interrelationship of medicine and religion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine | A scientifically-based discipline dedicated to the prevention and treatment of disease and injury. A compound used to treat disease, injury or pain. (09 Oct 1997) |
| medicine, african traditional | A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the african peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, ayurvedic | The traditional hindu system of medicine which is based on customs, beliefs, and practices of the hindu culture. Ayurveda means "the science of life": veda - science, ayur - life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine chests | Boxes in which physicians kept their drugs and other medications, medical instruments and supplies, manuals, etc. As a carrying case or convenient storage receptable, or a kind of portable pharmacy, the medicine chest was indispensable to the itinerant physician. The chest was usually larger and sturdier than a doctor's kit or bag. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, chinese traditional | A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the chinese culture. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, herbal | Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, oriental traditional | A system of traditional medicine which is based on the customs, beliefs and practices of the oriental people. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, traditional | Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals, herbal therapy, and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reproductive medicine | A medical-surgical specialty concerned with the morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of reproduction in man and other animals, and on the biological, medical, and veterinary problems of fertility and lactation. It includes ovulation induction, diagnosis of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, and assisted reproductive technologies such as embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, and intra-fallopian transfer of zygotes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medicine, unani | A modified greco-arabic medical system flourishing today as unani medicine. It was the product of arab physicians and scholars captivated by greek philosophy, science, and medicine. It is practiced today in india and pakistan, largely as a type of herbal medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perinatal medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the foetus and infant during the perinatal period. The perinatal period begins with the twenty-eighth week of gestation and ends twenty-eight days after birth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical medicine | The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physical medicine | A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients. (12 Dec 1998) |