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Referring to the study of diseases.<\/p>\n

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Referring to treatment of disease which does not involve surgery.<\/p>\n

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Referring to treatment given by a doctor, as opposed to a surgeon, in a hospital or in his or her surgery.<\/p>\n

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When applied as an adjective as in “medical treatment”, this term means “nonsurgical,” that is, the avoidance of the surgical methods of operation and manipulation.<\/p>\n

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To medicine or the study of the art and science of caring for those who are ill.<\/p>\n

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