geomedicine

geomedicine
The science concerned with the influence of climatic and environmental conditions on health and disease. SYN: nosochthonography, nosogeography.

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geo·med·i·cine .jē-ō-'med-ə-sən, Brit usu -'med-sən n a branch of medicine that deals with geographic factors in disease
geo·med·i·cal -'med-i-kəl adj

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geo·med·i·cine (je″o-medґĭ-sin) [geo- + medicine] the branch of medicine dealing with the influence of geographic factors, such as climate and environmental conditions, on health and disease. Called also nosogeography and geographic medicine. See also geographic pathology, under pathology.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • geomedicine — geomedical /jee oh med i keuhl/, adj. /jee oh med euh seuhn/ or, esp. Brit., / med sin/, n. the branch of medicine dealing with the effect of geography on disease. [GEO + MEDICINE] * * * …   Universalium

  • geomedicine — n. branch of medicine dealing with the influence of geographical conditions on disease …   English contemporary dictionary

  • geomedicine — geo·medicine …   English syllables

  • nosogeography — SYN: geomedicine. * * * noso·ge·og·ra·phy .näs ō jē äg rə fē n, pl phies the geography of disease: GEOMEDICINE noso·geo·graph·ic .jē ə graf ik or noso·geo·graph·i·cal i kəl adj * * * noso·ge·og·ra·phy (nos″o je ogґr …   Medical dictionary

  • geomedical — |jē(ˌ)ō+ adjective Etymology: ge + medical : relating to or concerned with geomedicine * * * geomedˈical adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑geomedicine …   Useful english dictionary

  • geographical medicine — geographical medicine, = geomedicine. (Cf. ↑geomedicine) …   Useful english dictionary

  • nosochthonography — SYN: geomedicine. [noso + G. chthon, the earth, + graphe, a description] …   Medical dictionary

  • geographic medicine — 3. geomedicine. 4. tropical m …   Medical dictionary

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