Occupation or Discipline
tropical medicine
trop·i·cal med·i·cine
Subclass of:
Medicine
Definitions related to tropical medicine:
  • Branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Tropical medicine, medical science applied to diseases that occur primarily in countries with tropical or subtropical climates. Tropical medicine arose during the 19th century when physicians charged with the medical care of colonists and soldiers first encountered infectious diseases unknown in...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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