# medicine (medical)

a drug that treat health condition

- Computed level: L20 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: healthcare

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [drug](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drug.chemical), [treatment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-treatment.medical)

**Through:** a drug treat health condition

**Novel properties:**
- curative effect
- dosage control
- targeted action

## Examples
- Penicillin treated bacterial infections in soldiers during World War II, reducing mortality from wound infections by 90%. *(medicine)*
- The antiretroviral drug combination AZT+3TC+efavirenz suppressed HIV replication in patients starting in 1996. *(pharmacology)*
- Insulin injections replaced missing hormone function in diabetic patients after its isolation in 1921 at the University of Toronto. *(biology)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-medicine.medical.json*  
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