veterinary medicine
noun
: a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, and treatment of disease and injury in domestic and wild animals
About 36 percent of all veterinarians now devote themselves to small-animal practice. Correspondingly, the discipline of veterinary medicine has become more scientific and specialized.—
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Bayard WebsterAnother successful non-traditional treatment being steadily incorporated into western veterinary medicine is acupuncture.—Faith A. Uridel
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Meet the Experts Jamie Richardson is head of veterinary medicine at Small Door Veterinary.
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Bromide salt, an inorganic compound, is now typically only used in veterinary medicine as an anti-epileptic medication for cats and dogs, according to the National Library of Medicine.
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Tyler Diehls is putting the finishing touches on his veterinary medicine school application.
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Another recent preprint study by the Ohio State University veterinary medicine professor Andrew Bowman and his colleagues found that, when liquid containing the virus was put into cows’ teats, only a very low dose was necessary to cause an infection.
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Molly Higgins, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025
Bromide salt, an inorganic compound, is now typically only used in veterinary medicine as an anti-epileptic medication for cats and dogs, according to the National Library of Medicine.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Tyler Diehls is putting the finishing touches on his veterinary medicine school application.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Another recent preprint study by the Ohio State University veterinary medicine professor Andrew Bowman and his colleagues found that, when liquid containing the virus was put into cows’ teats, only a very low dose was necessary to cause an infection.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for veterinary medicine
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“Veterinary medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veterinary%20medicine. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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veterinary medicine
noun
: a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, and treatment of disease and injury in domestic and wild animals
Stem cells are most commonly used in clinical veterinary medicine in therapeutic applications for the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries in horses and dogs.—Lisa A. Fortier and Alexander J. Travis, Stem Cell Research and Therapy
Lisa A. Fortier and Alexander J. Travis, Stem Cell Research and TherapyAcupuncture is being used much more commonly now as a sole or integrative modality in veterinary medicine and can play a large role in management of inflammation and chronic pain.—Shauna L. Cantwell, Topics in Companion Animal Medicine
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