Clinical medicine

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Clinical Medicine

Clinical medicine (pronunciation: /ˈklɪnɪkəl mɛdɪsɪn/) is a field of medicine that primarily focuses on the practice of medicine in a direct patient care context. It involves the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases and illnesses.

Etymology

The term "clinical" is derived from the Greek word "klinikos", which means "bed". This refers to the practice of medicine at the bedside of a patient. "Medicine", on the other hand, comes from the Latin word "medicina", meaning "the healing art".

Related Terms

  • Medical Diagnosis: The process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.
  • Therapeutics: The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment and prevention of diseases.
  • Preventive Medicine: The part of medicine engaged with preventing disease rather than curing it.
  • Patient Care: The services rendered by members of the health profession and non-professionals under their supervision for the benefit of the patient.
  • Disease: A particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury.
  • Illness: A state of poor health or disease.

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