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'''Medicine''' is the [[science]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Firth | first = John | title = Oxford textbook of medicine | chapter = Science in medicine: when, how, and what | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-0198746690 }}</ref> and [[Praxis (process) |practice]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Saunders J |title=The practice of clinical medicine as an art and as a science |journal=Med Humanit |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=18–22 |date=June 2000 |pmid=12484313 |doi=10.1136/mh.26.1.18 |s2cid=73306806 |url=|doi-access=free }}</ref> of caring for a patient, managing the [[diagnosis]], [[prognosis]], [[Preventive medicine|prevention]], [[therapy|treatment]], [[Palliative care | palliation]] of their [[injury]] or [[disease]], and [[Health promotion|promoting their health]]. Medicine encompasses a variety of [[health care]] practices evolved to maintain and restore [[health]] by the [[prevention (medical)|prevention]] and [[therapy|treatment]] of [[illness]]. Contemporary medicine applies [[biomedical sciences]], [[biomedical research]], [[medical genetics|genetics]], and [[medical technology]] to [[diagnosis (medical)|diagnose]], treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through [[pharmaceutical]]s or [[surgery]], but also through therapies as diverse as [[psychotherapy]], [[splint (medicine)|external splints and traction]], [[medical device]]s, [[biologic medical product|biologics]], and [[Radiation (medicine)|ionizing radiation]], amongst others.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medicine | title=Dictionary, medicine | access-date=2 Dec 2013 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304154538/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medicine | url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Medicine''' is the [[science]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Firth | first = John | title = Oxford textbook of medicine | chapter = Science in medicine: when, how, and what | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-0198746690 }}</ref> and [[Praxis (process) |practice]]<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Saunders J |title=The practice of clinical medicine as an art and as a science |journal=Med Humanit |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=18–22 |date=June 2000 |pmid=12484313 |doi=10.1136/mh.26.1.18 |s2cid=73306806 |url=|doi-access=free }}</ref> of caring for a patient, managing the [[diagnosis]], [[prognosis]], [[Preventive medicine|prevention]], [[therapy|treatment]], [[Palliative care | palliation]] of their [[injury]] or [[disease]], and [[Health promotion|promoting their health]]. Medicine encompasses a variety of [[health care]] practices evolved to maintain and restore [[health]] by the [[prevention (medical)|prevention]] and [[therapy|treatment]] of [[illness]]. Contemporary medicine applies [[biomedical sciences]], [[biomedical research]], [[medical genetics|genetics]], and [[medical technology]] to [[diagnosis (medical)|diagnose]], treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through [[pharmaceutical]]s or [[surgery]], but also through therapies as diverse as [[psychotherapy]], [[splint (medicine)|external splints and traction]], [[medical device]]s, [[biologic medical product|biologics]], and [[Radiation (medicine)|ionizing radiation]], amongst others.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medicine | title=Dictionary, medicine | access-date=2 Dec 2013 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304154538/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medicine | url-status=live }}</ref>

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