medicine
field of study for diagnosing, treating and preventing disease
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Summary
medicine is a field of study[1]. medicine ranks in the top 2% of field of study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,184 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of work[4], academic major[5]
- Subclass of: health sciences[6]
- Part of: life sciences[7]
- Commons category: Medicine[8]
- Industry: health care industry[9]
- Opposite of: alternative medicine[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Medicine[11]
- Commons gallery: Medicine[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Medicine[13]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], American Medical Biographies[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Topic has template: Template:Medicine[23], Template:Medicine navs[24]
- Has characteristic: medical attribute[25]
- Different from: Medicine[26], Medica[27], Leigheas[28]
- History of topic: history of medicine[29]
- Practiced by: physician[30], public health physician[31], military officer of healthcare[32], physician assistant[33], nurse practitioner[34], medical specialist for people with intellectual disability[35]
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Influence
Things named for medicine include transmedicalism[36], a social movement[37].
Why It Matters
medicine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] medicine is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for medicine include transmedicalism[36], a social movement[37].