medical practice

Thân thiện

A doctor consults with a patient in a medical practice.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The professional work or business of providing medical care: This refers to the overall activity, profession, or business of diagnosing, treating, and preventing illness and injury.
   • The exercise of the medical profession: This encompasses the application of medical knowledge and skills by qualified practitioners.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • After graduating, she joined a large medical practice in the city.
  • The new regulations will affect how we run our medical practice.
  • Ethical standards are fundamental to good medical practice.

Advanced Usage

• "to go into medical practice": to begin working professionally as a doctor.
  • He plans to go into medical practice as a family physician.
• "the general practice of medical practice": refers to the common, standard way medicine is conducted.
  • Informed consent is a cornerstone of modern medical practice.

Variants and Related Words

• Practice (n): The repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill to acquire or maintain proficiency. (Note: This is the base word, distinct from the compound term 'medical practice').
• Medical practitioner (n): A person who practices medicine, such as a doctor or surgeon.
• Clinical practice (n): The direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theoretical study.

Synonyms

• Medicine: The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
• Healthcare provision: The offering of medical services.
• Doctoring: (Informal) The work of a doctor.

Related Phrases

• Private practice: A medical practice run as a business by a practitioner or group, not as part of a public institution.
  • The surgeon left the hospital to start her own private medical practice.
• Group practice: A medical practice where several doctors share resources and patients.
  • He works at a large group medical practice with ten other physicians.

Related Idioms

• Best practice: The most effective and recommended method or technique in a particular field, including medicine.
  • Using sterile equipment is a best practice in surgical medical practice.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the practice of medicine