the patient's medical history and medical record, followed by a medical interview and a physical examination. Basic diagnostic medical devices (e.g.,...

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal or MediCal) is the California implementation of the federal Medicaid program serving low-income individuals...

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards...

A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those...

A medical oddity is an unusual predicament or event which takes place in a medical context. Some examples of medical oddities might include: "lost and...

Medical center or medical centre may refer to: A collection of medical services on the same site, such as the services of a general practitioner, pharmacist...

A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned...

A medical degree is a professional degree admitted to those who have passed coursework in the fields of medicine and/or surgery from an accredited medical...

such a person include medical clairvoyant or medical psychic. The practice of claiming to use intuition or clairvoyance for medical information dates back...

Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures...

greater than normal numbers is likewise called infiltration. As part of medical intervention, local anaesthetics may be injected at more than one point...

Medical state is a term used to describe a hospital patient's health status, or condition. The term is most commonly used in information given to the...

The medical examiner is an appointed official in some American jurisdictions that investigates deaths that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances...

Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to patients...

The terms medical record, health record and medical chart are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the systematic documentation of a single patient's...

The Medical Household is the medical part of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Current roles include a Personal Doctor to the...

A medical drama is a television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, medical doctor's office, a paramedic, or any medical environment...

A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as...

Medical Research Council may refer to: Medical Research Council (Ireland), forerunner of the Health Research Board Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)...

Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most...

The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, aná, "open", and μνήσις, mnesis, "memory") of a patient is a set of information the...

Medical Investigation is an American medical drama television series that began September 9, 2004, on NBC. It ran for 20 one-hour episodes before its cancellation...

medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Significant potential for hazards are inherent when using a device for medical...

This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in...

A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare. A medical procedure with the intention of determining...

Medical cannabis, medicinal cannabis or medical marijuana (MMJ) refers to cannabis products and cannabinoid molecules that are prescribed by physicians...

A medical license is an occupational license that permits a person to legally practice medicine. In most countries, a person must have a medical license...

Medical billing, a payment process in the United States healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient's medical records and using information...

Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from...

Medical restraints are physical restraints used during certain medical procedures to restrain patients with (supposedly) the minimum of discomfort and...