List of Latin phrases
Medicine
Medicine (pronounced /ˈmɛdɪsɪn/) is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
Etymology
The word "medicine" is derived from Latin medicina, meaning "the healing art, medicine; a remedy". This originally referred to the empirical knowledge of the physical body that was instrumental in the practice of treatment.
Related Terms
- Anatomy: The study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
- Physiology: The scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
- Pathology: The study of the causes and effects of disease or injury.
- Pharmacology: The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.
- Surgery: A medical or dental specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury.
Disease
A disease (pronounced /dɪˈziːz/) is 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.
Etymology
The word "disease" comes from the Old French maladie, which in turn comes from the Latin malum, meaning "bad" or "evil".
Related Terms
- Infection: The invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents.
- Symptom: A physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease.
- Diagnosis: The identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.
- Treatment: The management and care of a patient to combat, ameliorate, or prevent a disease, disorder, or injury.
- Prevention: The action of stopping something from happening or arising.
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