practice of medicine — noun 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 he studied medicine at Harvard • Syn: ↑medicine • Derivationally related forms … Useful english dictionary
practice — The exercise of the profession of medicine or one of the allied health professions. [Mediev. L. practica, business, G. praktikos, pertaining to action] extramural p. delivery of health care services by university faculties or full time hospital… … Medical dictionary
The Principles and Practice of Medicine — The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine is a medical textbook by Sir William Osler. It was first published in 1892 while Osler was Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University,… … Wikipedia
Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine — Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, a peer reviewed journal for cardiologists, delivers timely interpretations of key research developments, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. The Editor in Chief, Valentin… … Wikipedia
Medicine and Canon Law — • In the early centuries the practice of medicine by clerics, whether secular or regular, was not treated with disapproval by the Church, nor was it at all uncommon for them to devote a considerable part of their time to the medical avocation.… … Catholic encyclopedia
medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… … Medical dictionary
Practice — Prac tice, n. [OE. praktike, practique, F. pratique, formerly also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? practical. See {Practical}, and cf. {Pratique}, {Pretty}.] 1. Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Practice — or Practise may refer to: * Practice (learning method), a method of learning by repetition * Standards Practices, a conventional, traditional, or otherwise standardised method * Practice of law * Law firm, a legal practice * Medical practice, a… … Wikipedia
rational medicine — practice of medicine based upon actual knowledge; opposed to empiricism … Medical dictionary
practice nurse — a trained nurse caring for the patients of one or more general practitioners in the consulting room and on domiciliary consultations. In Britain, practice nurses are usually employed directly by GPs, who can claim reimbursement for some of their… … Medical dictionary
