geomedicine

[ jee-oh-med-uh-suhnor, especially British, -med-sin ]

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noun

the branch of medicine dealing with the effect of geography on disease.

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Other Word Forms

��·��·��·��·�� [jee-oh-, med, -i-k, uh, l], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of geomedicine¹

geo- + medicine

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Geospatial medicine, sometimes called geomedicine, studies how location affects our health and well-being.

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Other geomedicine technologies under development include Health Begins, a social networking platform that seeks to make clinicians more aware of socioeconomic factors that can affect health.

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geomechanics geometer

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