genitourinary medicine

British

noun

GUM. the branch of medical science concerned with the study and treatment of diseases of the genital and urinary organs, esp sexually transmitted diseases

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HIV testing is still carried out at genitourinary medicine clinics - but care for people found to be positive is separate HIV care is at risk from the changes to the health service in England, specialists are warning.

From BBC

Dr. Eleanor Draeger, deputy chair of the conference, who is training in genitourinary medicine in London and a mother of two, recalls that when she had her first child in 2007, four of the 11 trainees in her rotation left on maternity leave.

From New York Times

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