Hypernyms for "medical specialty"
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Hypernyms
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accident surgery
allergology
anesthesiology
angiology
bacteriology
biomedicine
cardiology
chiropody
clinical neurology
dental medicine
dentistry
dermatology
diagnostics
emergency medicine
endocrinology
epidemiology
forensic medicine
forensic pathology
gastroenterology
general medicine
geriatrics
gerontology
gynaecology
gynecology
haematology
hematology
hygiene
hygienics
immunology
internal medicine
materia medica
midwifery
nephrology
neurology
neuropsychiatry
nosology
nuclear medicine
OB
obstetrics
odontology
oncology
ophthalmology
otolaryngology
otology
otorhinolaryngology
paediatrics
pediatric medicine
pediatrics
pedology
pharmaceutics
pharmacological medicine
pharmacology
pharmacy
podiatry
proctology
prosthetics
psychiatry
psychological medicine
psychopathology
rheumatology
rhinolaryngology
space medicine
sports medicine
therapeutics
thoracic medicine
tocology
traumatology
tropical medicine
urogenital medicine
urology
veterinary medicine
virology
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.