internal medicine

noun

: the work of a doctor who treats diseases that do not require surgery

Full Definition of INTERNAL MEDICINE

: a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases not requiring surgery

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circa 1904

Medical Dictionary

noun

: a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of nonsurgical diseases—abbreviation IM

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