Definition of Tropical medicine

1. Noun. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are found most often in tropical regions.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine

Medical Definition of Tropical medicine

1. The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropical Medicine

tropical canine pancytopenia
tropical climate
tropical cyclone
tropical cyclones
tropical depression
tropical depressions
tropical diarrhoea
tropical disease
tropical diseases
tropical eczema
tropical eosinophilia
tropical geometry
tropical mask
tropical measles
tropical medicine (current term)
tropical myositis
tropical pitcher plant
tropical prawn
tropical pyomyositis
tropical rain forest
tropical rainforest
tropical sore
tropical splenomegaly
tropical splenomegaly syndrome
tropical sprue
tropical storm
tropical storms
tropical typhus
tropical ulcer

Literary usage of Tropical medicine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the Governor of Puerto Rico by Puerto Rico Governor (1916)
"The studies'and investigations of the institute in the interest of tropical medicine and hygiene have been continued during the year ana much valuable work ..."

2. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1921)
"The earliest treatise on tropical medicine was, in fact, published to 1768 by James ... Aside from the development of tropical medicine, the organization of ..."

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