Occupation or Discipline
veterinary medicine
[ vet-er-uh-ner-ee, ve-truh- med-uh-sin ]
Subclass of:
Health Occupations
Definitions related to veterinary medicine (discipline):
  • (veterinary medicine) Aspects of medicine that contribute to or deal with the nature, control and treatment of disease in all species of animals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (veterinary medicine) The medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (veterinary medicine) The practice of medicine as applied to non-human animals.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Veterinary medicine, medical specialty concerned with the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases affecting the health of domestic and wild animals and with the prevention of transmission of animal diseases to people. Veterinarians ensure a safe food supply for people by...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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