Engineering vs Medicine - What's the difference?
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(label) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
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, title= The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
A treatment or cure.
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
(obsolete) black magic, superstition.
(obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
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(obsolete) A physician.
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(rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.
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As verbs the difference between engineering and medicine
is that engineering is while medicine is (rare|obsolete) to treat with medicine.As nouns the difference between engineering and medicine
is that engineering is (label) the application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology while medicine is a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.engineering
English
(wikipedia engineering)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
Derived terms
(Derived terms) * aerospace engineering * chemical engineering * civil engineering * control engineering * electrical engineering * engineering society * genetic engineering * geotechnical engineering * information engineering * manufacturing engineering * mechanical engineering * mechatronics engineering * memetic engineering * molecular engineering * protein engineering * reverse engineering * social engineering * software engineering * soil mechanics and engineering * sound engineering * systems engineering * tombstone engineeringSee also
* science * applied mathematicsmedicine
English
(wikipedia medicine)Alternative forms
* medicin (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- If the rascal have not given me medicines' to make me love him, I'll be hanged. It could not be else. I have drunk ' medicines .
- I have seen a medicine
- That's able to breathe life into a stone
Synonyms
* (treatment) regimen, course, program, prescription * (substance) drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* Ayurvedic medicine * clinical medicine * Edison's medicine * energy medicine * evidence-based medicine * folk medicine * forced medicine * indigenous medicine * medicinal * medicine ball * medicine dance * medicine man * medicine show * organized medicine * take one's medicine * taste of one's own medicine * traditional medicineVerb
(medicin)See also
* therapy * panaceaReferences
* Prescription Desk Reference,Prescription Drug Information:* * "
medicine" in the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary * "
medicine" in the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia , Helicon Publishing LTD 2007. * * 1000 English basic words ----