Disciplines and Occupations

Internal Medicine

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • General Internal Medicine
  • Medicine, Internal
  • Internal Medicine, General
  • Medicine, General Internal

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty

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  1. H02w.403w.429w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Internal Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007388. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007388
  2. Internal Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_medicine
  3. Internal Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180