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xenomedicine

Syllables: xe·no·me·di·ci·ne/zɛnəˈmɛd.sɪn/

xenomedicine noun: the study and practice of medicine involving alien species.

Noun

xenomedicine (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study and practice of medicine involving alien species.
    • There had been people studying xenomedicine in the same class as the two of them who turned out not to have been particularly well fitted for it. Well, he thought, better they should find out in training, rather than in practicing on a patient.2000, Diane Duane, Doctor's Orders
    • You seem to be the first person in the history of xenomedicine who's simply been bitten by a yagghorth instead of disassembled into component pieces.”2012, Barbara Hambly, Crossboard

Origin of xenomedicine

From xeno- + medicine.

Questions about xenomedicine

What does xenomedicine mean?
Xenomedicine means the study and practice of medicine involving alien species.
What part of speech is xenomedicine?
Xenomedicine is a noun.
How do you pronounce xenomedicine?
Xenomedicine is pronounced /zɛnəˈmɛd.sɪn/.

Words near xenomedicine in the dictionary

  1. xenomania
  2. xenomaniac
  3. xenomaniacs
  4. xenomas
  5. xenomata
  6. xenomedicine
  7. xenomelia
  8. xenomenia
  9. xenomicrobiology
  10. xenomicrobiota
  11. xenomisia

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