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medicină
medicine (the science and practice of treating illness) /me.diˈt͡ʃi.nə/
noun#2826 most common
Also: medical science, the medical field
Example sentences
Sora mea studiază medicină.
My sister studies medicine.
Vreau să dau examen la facultatea de medicină.
I want to take the entrance exam for medical school.
Medicina modernă a salvat milioane de vieți.
Modern medicine has saved millions of lives.
Progresele din medicină au schimbat radical speranța de viață.
Advances in medicine have radically changed life expectancy.
Etica medicinii ridică întrebări complexe despre limitele intervenției umane.
The ethics of medicine raises complex questions about the limits of human intervention.
Deși medicina tradițională chineză diferă fundamental de medicina occidentală în privința diagnosticului, ambele urmăresc restabilirea echilibrului organismului.
Although traditional Chinese medicine differs fundamentally from Western medicine in its approach to diagnosis, both aim to restore the body's balance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | medicină | medicini |
| Genitive | medicinii | medicinilor |
| Accusative | medicină | medicini |
| Vocative | medicino | medicinilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian took "medicină" from French "médecine", reinforced by the learned Latin form "medicina". Latin "medicina" is built on "medicus", meaning physician, which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root for measuring or taking the right measure. The idea behind the root is that a healer applies the correct, measured treatment.
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