Phrase guide

veterinary medicine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals, especially domestic and farm animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals (especially domestic animals)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ветерина́ри́я (veterináríja) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Bulgarian: ветерина́рна медици́на (veterinárna medicína) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Catalan: veterinària — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Chinese: 獸醫學 /兽医学 (siù-i-ha̍k) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獸醫學 /兽医学 (shòuyīxué) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Dutch: diergeneeskunde — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Finnish: eläinlääketiede — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • French: médecine vétérinaire — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • German: Tiermedizin — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • German: Veterinärmedizin — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • German: Tierheilkunde — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Hungarian: állatorvostan — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Hungarian: állatorvos-tudomány — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Indonesian: kedokteran hewan — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Irish: tréidliacht — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Italian: medicina veterinaria — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Kazakh: мал дәрігерлігі (mal därıgerlıgı) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Korean: 수의학 (suuihak) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Latin: medicīna veterīnāria — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Malay: perubatan veterinar — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Malayalam: വെറ്ററിനറി (veṟṟaṟinaṟi) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Persian: دامپزشکی (dâmpezeški) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Polish: medycyna weterynaryjna — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Polish: weterynaria — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Portuguese: medicina veterinária — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Russian: ветерина́ри́я (veterináríja) — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Serbo-Croatian: veterinarstvo — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Spanish: medicina veterinaria — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Swedish: djursjukvård — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Tagalog: palagamutang-hayop — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Uzbek: veterinariya — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Vietnamese: thú y — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Walloon: årtisyince — branch of medicine that deals with animals
  • Welsh: milfeddygaeth — branch of medicine that deals with animals