| FMC | family medicine center; flight medicine clinic; focal macular choroidopathy; foundation for medical ... |
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| IFHPMSM | International Federation for Hygiene, Preventive Medicine, and Social Medicine |
| IM | idiopathic myelofibrosis; immunosuppressive method; implementation monitoring; Index Medicus; indome... |
| LM | lactic acid mineral [medium]; lactose malabsorption; laryngeal mask; laryngeal muscle; lateral malle... |
| MD-MPH | Doctor of Medicine-Master of Public Health [combined degree in medicine and public health] |
| oral medicine | A branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the oral and paraoral structures and the oral management of systemic diseases. (hall, what is oral medicine, anyway? clinical update: national naval dental centre, march 1991, p7-8) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| osteopathic medicine | A system of therapy and medicine based on the theory that the normal body is a vital mechanical organism whose structural and functional states are of equal importance and is capable of making its own remedies against infections and toxic conditions when there are favourable environmental circumstances and adequate nutrition. (12 Dec 1998) |
| theory of medicine | The science, as distinguished from the art, or practice, of medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emergency medicine | A branch of medicine concerned with an individual's resuscitation, transportation and care from the point of injury or beginning of illness through the hospital or other emergency treatment facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| environmental medicine | Medical specialty concerned with environmental factors that may impinge upon human disease, and development of methods for the detection, prevention, and control of environmentally related disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tropical medicine | <study> The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evidence-based medicine | The process of systematically finding, appraising, and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions. Evidence-based medicine asks questions, finds and appraises the relevant data, and harnesses that information for everyday clinical practice. Evidence-based medicine follows four steps: formulate a clear clinical question from a patient's problem; search the literature for relevant clinical articles; evaluate (critically appraise) the evidence for its validity and usefulness; implement useful findings in clinical practice. The term "evidence based medicine" (no hyphen) was coined at mcmaster medical school in canada in the 1980's to label this clinical learning strategy, which people at the school had been developing for over a decade. (12 Dec 1998) |
| experimental medicine | The scientific investigation of medical problems by experimentation upon animals or by clinical research. (05 Mar 2000) |
| family medicine | The medical specialty concerned with providing continuous, comprehensive care to all age groups, from first patient contact to terminal care, with special emphasis on care of the family as a unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foetal medicine | Study of the growth, development, care, and treatment of the foetus, and of environmental factors harmful to the foetus. Synonym: fetology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| folk medicine | Treatment of ailments outside of organised medicine by remedies and simple measures based upon experience and knowledge handed on from generation to generation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forensic medicine | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legal medicine | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, cytoplasmic and nuclear | Proteins in the cytoplasm or nucleus that specifically bind signalling molecules and trigger changes which influence the behaviour of cells. The major groups are the steroid hormone receptors, which usually are found in the cytoplasm, and the thyroid hormone receptors, which usually are found in the nucleus. Receptors, unlike enzymes, generally do not catalyze chemical changes in their ligands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Remak's nuclear division | <cell biology> An unusual form of nuclear division, in which the nucleus simply constricts, rather like a cell without chromosome condensation or spindle formation. Partitioning of daughter chromosomes is haphazard. Observed in some Protozoa. (18 Nov 1997) |