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Internal medicine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004385

A branch of medicine that specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases in adults, without using surgery. An internal medicine doctor is often a person’s main health care provider and may coordinate treatment given by other specialists.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004385
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004385",
  "term": "Internal medicine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A branch of medicine that specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases in adults, without using surgery. An internal medicine doctor is often a person’s main health care provider and may coordinate treatment given by other specialists.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/internal-medicine/"
}

Record 9,358 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.