Medical specialities

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Medical Specialities

Medical Specialities (pronounced: med-i-kal spe-ci-al-i-ties) are specific branches of medical practice that doctors and other healthcare professionals specialize in after completing their general medical education. They are often characterized by specific areas of patient care, types of patients, diseases, skills, or techniques.

Etymology

The term "speciality" in medicine comes from the Latin word "specialis", which means "particular". The term "medical" is derived from the Latin word "medicus", which means "physician".

Related Terms

  • General Medicine: The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases of the internal organs.
  • Surgery: A branch of medicine that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury.
  • Pediatrics: The branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18.
  • Psychiatry: The branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology: A branch of medicine that specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth and in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the female reproductive organs.
  • Dermatology: The branch of medicine dealing with the skin, nails, hair and its diseases.
  • Radiology: The medical speciality that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the body.

Categories of Medical Specialities

Medical specialities can be broadly categorized into three types:

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