medicīna

Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicinus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medeor (“I heal”).

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medicīna f (4th declension)

1. medicine (the science of human diseases, their causes, course, diagnosis, treatment and prevention; set of techniques to improve human health, quality of life, etc.)

   medicīnas personāls ― medical staff

   medicīnas dienests ― medical service, care

   medicīnas tehnika, aparatūra ― medical equipment

   medicīnas izglītība ― medical education

   medicīnas institūts ― institute of medicine

   medicīnas vēsture ― history of medicine

   tautas medicīna ― traditional, folk medicine

   kara medicīna ― military, war medicine

   tiesu medicīna ― forensic medicine

   sporta medicīna ― sports medicine

   kosmiskā, kosmosa medicīna ― space medicine

   eksperimentālā medicīna ― experimental medicine

   medicīnas māsa ― nurse (lit. medical sister)

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