| RT(N)(ARRT) | Radiologic Technologist (Nuclear Medicine) certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technolo... |
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| SNM | Society of Nuclear Medicine; sulfanilamide |
| AAEM | American Academy of Environmental Medicine; American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine |
| DDM | Diploma in Dermatological Medicine; Doctor in Dental Medicine; Dyke-Davidoff-Masson [syndrome] |
| FM | face mask; facilities management; family medicine; feedback mechanism; fetal movement; fibromuscular... |
| socialised medicine | The organization and control of medical practice by a government agency, the practitioners being employed by the organization from which they receive standardised compensation for their services, and to which the public contributes usually in the form of taxation rather than fee-for-service. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| social medicine | A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| space medicine | The field of medicine concerned with physiologic diseases or disturbances resulting from the unique conditions of space travel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sports medicine | The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in sports activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national library of medicine | An agency of the national institutes of health concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to various aspects of documentation and library services in the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| naval medicine | The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| state medicine | A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neonatal medicine | The art and science of caring medically for the newborn. (12 Dec 1998) |
| submarine medicine | The field of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of people in submarines or sealabs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| defensive medicine | The alterations of modes of medical practice, induced by the threat of liability, for the principal purposes of forestalling lawsuits by patients as well as providing good legal defense in the event that such lawsuits are instituted. (12 Dec 1998) |
| desmoteric medicine | The branch of medical practice that deals with health problems occurring among prison inmates. Origin: G. Desmoterion, prison, fr. Deo, to bind, + -ic (05 Mar 2000) |
| quack medicine | A compound advertised falsely as curative of a certain disease or diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| institute of medicine | Identifies, for study and analysis, important issues and problems that relate to health and medicine. The institute initiates and conducts studies of national policy and planning for health care and health-related education and research; it also responds to requests from the federal government and other agencies for studies and advice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| internal medicine | The speciality of the general medicine of the internal organs. In the Commonwealth, the specialist in internal medicine is called a Physician (in the us, an Internist). (16 Dec 1997) |
| occupational medicine | <study> A branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of patients with occupational and environmental illness and injury. (09 Oct 1997) |