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Item: Medicine -> Category: Health -> Author: PF -> Revision: 12/05/2008
Glossary of medical specialties

Allergology: part of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.

 

Anesthesiology: part of medicine that studies and implements anesthesia, ie substances that sleep or make insensitive any and all parts of the human body.

 

Angiology: part of medicine that deals with the detection and treatment of diseases affecting the vascular system or circulatory apparatus.

 

Cardiology: part of medicine that deals with diseases associated with the heart.

 

Cosmetic Surgery: branch of plastic surgery you are looking at obtaining a beauty through various changes can be made in the physical appearance of a person.

 

Dentistry: part of medicine that deals with all the disorders that can affect the teeth.

 

Dermatology: part of medicine that studies related diseases skin.

 

Epidemiology: science that is dedicated to the study and treatment of epidemic diseases. They are those who get some other people and affect a significant number of people in a short period of time.

 

Gynecology: part of medicine that deals with the treatment of diseases and disorders of women, especially those related to the female reproductive tract.

 

Genetics: science that deals with the investigation of the genetic code (DNA), which is the one that determines all traits to be a human being as an inheritance from their parents.

 

Geriatrics: part of the internal medicine responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of aging.

 

Gerontology: science that deals with the study of all things related to aging from different perspectives: biological, medical, psychological and sociological.

 

Hematology: science that deals with the study, research and treatment of those diseases that affect or are manifested in the blood.

 

Maxillofacial Surgery: part of the surgery specializing in interventions aimed at correcting disorders or diseases related to the mouth, jaw, face and neck.

 

Nephrology: part of medicine that deals with the detection and treatment of diseases affecting the kidneys.

 

Neonatal: part of medicine that deals with the care and treatment of diseases and disorders that may suffer newborns.

 

Neumología: part of medicine that deals with diseases of the respiratory system.

 

Neurosurgery: part of the surgery is responsible for operations that affect the nervous system.

 

Neurology: part of medicine that studies the functioning of the nervous system. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all diseases and disorders related to the brain and the neurons.

 

Obstetrics: part of medicine that deals with the study and control of women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.

 

Ophthalmology: part of medicine that studies diseases and disorders related to the eyes.

 

Plastic Surgery: part of the surgery is responsible for operations aimed at correcting malformations or tumors on the outside of the human body.

 

Oncology: part of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of cancer.

 

Orthopedics: specialty that deals with the treatment of malformations or injuries using equipment specific to each case and patient.

 

Otolaryngology: part of medicine that deals with diseases related to the nose, eyes and larynx.

 

Pediatrics: part of the medina specializes in the treatment of childhood diseases.

 

Psychology: science that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, without ever resorting to the use of drugs.

 

Psychiatry: part of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, use of drugs if necessary.

 

Pathology: part of medicine that deals with the study of disease.

 

Radiology: part of medicine that uses various types of radiation with therapeutic and diagnostic purposes or for the detection of diseases or to heal them.

 

Rheumatology: part of medicine who specializes in the detection and treatment of rheumatism.

 

Stomatology: part of medicine which deals with disorders and diseases associated with the mouth.

 

Surgery: part of medicine that deals with conduct interventions inside the human body.

 

Tocología: see obstetrics.

 

Trauma: part of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of trauma.

 

Urology: part of medicine that deals with diseases and disorders of the urinary system.

 

Disease and specialists

 

Asthma: neumólogo.

 

Allergy: allergy.

 

Apparatus urinary: urologist.

 

Blood: haematologist.

 

Bones: traumatólogo.

 

Cancer: oncologist.

 

Children: pediatrician.

 

Eyes: ophthalmologist.

 

Heart: cardiologist.

 

Kidney: nephrologist.

 

Lung: neumólogo.

 

Mental disorders: psychologist / psychiatrist.

 

Nervous System: neurologist.

 

Newborn: neonatologist.

 

Nose, ears, larynx: otolaryngologist.

 

Poor circulation: angiólogo.

 

Rheumatism: rheumatologist.

 

Surgical intervention or operation: surgeon.

 

Skin: dermatologist.

 

Teeth: dental / dentists.




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