internal medicine

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of internal organ systems.

internal medicine

noun

1. the branch of medical science concerned with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of disorders of the internal structures of the body

internal medicine

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases in adults.

Word History and Origins

Origin of internal medicine¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

“People who don’t have a primary care provider — which is a lot, because there are not enough — end up in the ER when they need routine care,” said David Alonso, a local internal medicine doctor.

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Tyson, a retired internal medicine doctor, came that night to check on the medical compound that was once his family’s home.

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As a resident physician in internal medicine and medical historian focused on addiction, I believe this data represents a tremendous breakthrough in the field of addiction treatment.

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And in other categories, the school’s ranking has risen since 2020 — for example to seventh from 10th in internal medicine and sixth from 12th in pediatrics.

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Ph.D., first author of both of the new studies and a combined internal medicine/pediatrics resident at Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center.

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