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INTERNAL MEDICINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults)
Synonyms:
general medicine; internal medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("internal medicine" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)