ge|o|med|i|cine

ge|o|med|i|cine
ge|o|med|i|cine «JEE oh MEHD uh suhn», noun.
the branch of medicine that deals with the geographical distribution and occurrences of human disease and the influence of geographical and climatological factors on health: »

This field of study, which deals essentially with such human adjustments, or maladjustments in the environment, is known usually as…geomedicine or the ecology of human disease (New Scientist).


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