Subdisciplines As a discipline that involves the study of many organs and physiological systems, urology can be broken down into subdisciplines. At larger centers and especially university hospitals, many urologists specialize within a particular subdiscipline of urology. [edit]Endourology Endourology is the branch of urology that deals with minimally invasive surgical procedures. As opposed to open [...]
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Urology (from Greek οὖρον – oûron, “urine” and -λογία, -logia “study of”) is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are calledurologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological disorders. The organs [...]
The respiratory system is the anatomical system of an organism that introduces respiratory gases to the interior and performs gas exchange. In humans and other mammals, the anatomical features of the respiratory system include airways, lungs, and the respiratory muscles. Molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide are passively exchanged, by diffusion, between the gaseous external environment and the blood. This exchange process occurs in the [...]
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808, and literally means the ‘medical treatment of the mind’ (psych-: mind; from Ancient Greek psykhē: soul; -iatry: medical treatment; from Gk. iātrikos: medical, iāsthai: to heal). A medical doctor [...]
Reconstructive surgery techniques were being carried out in India by 800 BC.[2] Sushruta, the father of Surgery,[3] made important contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery in 6th century BC.[3] The medical works of both Sushruta and Charak originally in Sanskrit were translated into Arabic language during the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 AD.[4] The Arabic translations made [...]
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean healer of children; they derive from two Greek words: παῖς (pais = child) and ἰατρός (iatros = doctor or healer). There may be other differences in spelling: in [...]
Otolaryngology or ENT (ear, nose and throat) is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders. The full name of the specialty is otorhinolaryngology[1]; The full term otorhinolaryngology (neoclassical Greek and modern Greek: ὠτο(ρ)ρινολαρυγγολογία), also includes ῥινο- – rhino-(root of ῥίς) “nose”. The term comes from the Classical Greek roots ὠτ- – ot- [...]
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedic surgery and orthopaedics inCommonwealth countries and Ireland) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections,tumors, and congenital disorders. Nicholas Andry coined the word “orthopaedics”, derived from Greek words for orthos (“correct”, “straight”) and paideion (“child”), when he published Orthopaedia: or the Art [...]
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems. Since ophthalmologists perform operations on eyes, they are considered to be both surgical and medical specialists. The word ophthalmology comes from the Greek roots ophthalmos meaning eye and logosmeaning word, thought, or discourse; ophthalmology literally means “the science of [...]
