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Deals with the science of the partial or complete loss of sensation pain temperature touch etc. usually to permit surgery or other painful procedures

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Anesthesiology

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Deals with hypersensitivity to a substance in the body’s response to an invading substance

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Allergy and Immunology

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Deals with surgery of the intestine and rectum

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Colon And rectal surgery

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Specialty concerned with diseases of the skin

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Dermatology

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Deals with those who are acutely ill or suddenly

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Emergency medicine

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Deals with prevention diseases and health problems and all members of the family

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Family practice

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Concerned with nervous system like thecranial nerves and spinal

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Neurology

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Deals with diseases internal organ those are usually treated surgically

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Internal medicine

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Medicine specialty concern with the use of radioactive materials for diagnostic and treatment purposes

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Nuclear medicine

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Concerned with female reproductive organs, pregnancy labor and child birth

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Obstetrics and gynecology

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Deals with the eye it’s anatomy and diseases

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Ophthalmology

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Deals with surgery involving the bones and joints

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Orthopedic Surgery

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Concerned with treatment of the head and neck including the ear, nose, and throat

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Otolaryngology

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Study of the changes in tissue and organs caused by disease

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Pathology

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Deals with children, their development, care, and diseases

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Pediatrics

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Deals with treatment and recovery from disease or injury through occupational, physical, and speech therapy

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Physical medicine and rehabilitation

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Surgery dealing with the restoration, repair, or reconstruction body structures

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Plastic surgery

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Concerned with preventing the occurrence of the mental and physical illness and disease

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Preventive medicine

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Deals with the study, diagnosis and prevention of mental illness: concern with nervous system

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Psychiatry and neurology

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Deals with radioactive substances in relation to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases including x-rays and radioactive isotopes

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Radiology

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Deals with treatment of diseases by operative procedures

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Surgery

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Surgery involving rib cage and structures in the rib cage

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Thoracic Surgery

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Deals with the urinary tract

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Urology

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