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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Cultural and linguistic barriers faced by her family motivated her to pursue internal medicine.
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Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
These awards support departments such as internal medicine, public health and preventive medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, emergency medicine, social sciences and engineering.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
The Mexican adaptation will follow Andrés Ferrara (Juan Pablo Medina) as a head of internal medicine who loses his memory of the last twelve years after an assassination attempt.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 May 2025
And for both medications, symptoms tend to improve over time as people get used to them, added Jorge Moreno, MD, internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Yale Medicine.
—Julia Ries, Health, 13 May 2025
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Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
These awards support departments such as internal medicine, public health and preventive medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, emergency medicine, social sciences and engineering.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
The Mexican adaptation will follow Andrés Ferrara (Juan Pablo Medina) as a head of internal medicine who loses his memory of the last twelve years after an assassination attempt.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 May 2025
And for both medications, symptoms tend to improve over time as people get used to them, added Jorge Moreno, MD, internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Yale Medicine.
—Julia Ries, Health, 13 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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