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Medicine is the science and practice of preventing, diagnosing, treating, and curing diseases to maintain and improve human health. It also refers to the drugs and substances used to treat illnesses and relieve symptoms.

After a medicine has been distributed throughout the body and has done its job, the drug is broken down, or metabolized, the M in ADME. Everything that enters the bloodstream-whether swallowed, injected, inhaled or absorbed through the skin-is carried to the body's chemical processing plant, the liver.

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.