internal medicine
noun
: a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases not requiring surgery
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a doctor who specializes in internal medicine
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These findings could have a major real-world impact, says the senior author, Mitch Biermann, MD, PhD, an obesity medicine and internal medicine doctor at Scripps Clinic Carmel Valley in California.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Extra cholesterol could get in the way of that by contributing to the formation of waxy plaques in your arteries, which can slow blood flow to your heart, Srijana Maharjan, MD, the lead author of the study and an internal medicine resident at Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 17 Oct. 2025
As Dinar Sayani, MD, an internal medicine physician at Tennessee’s Summit Medical Group, explains, the Food and Drug Administration does not approve supplements or their labeling before they are sold to the public.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Joan’s presence also introduces a new dynamic for Amy, who used to have the chief of internal medicine job prior to her accident.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Extra cholesterol could get in the way of that by contributing to the formation of waxy plaques in your arteries, which can slow blood flow to your heart, Srijana Maharjan, MD, the lead author of the study and an internal medicine resident at Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, tells SELF.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 17 Oct. 2025
As Dinar Sayani, MD, an internal medicine physician at Tennessee’s Summit Medical Group, explains, the Food and Drug Administration does not approve supplements or their labeling before they are sold to the public.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Joan’s presence also introduces a new dynamic for Amy, who used to have the chief of internal medicine job prior to her accident.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for internal medicine
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“Internal medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internal%20medicine. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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