S: (n) medicine, practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries) "he studied medicine at Harvard"
S: (v) treat, care for (provide treatment for) "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
S: (v) hyperventilate (produce hyperventilation in) "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient"
S: (v) massage (give a massage to) "She massaged his sore back"
S: (v) purge (excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)) "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
S: (v) correct (treat a defect) "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"
S: (v) insufflate (treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity)
S: (v) detox, detoxify (treat for alcohol or drug dependence) "He was detoxified in the clinic"
S: (v) irrigate (supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting) "irrigate the wound"
S: (v) iodize, iodise (treat with iodine so as to prevent infection) "iodize a wound"
S: (v) pack (treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood) "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice"
S: (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"