geomedicine

[ jee-oh-med-uh-suhnor, especially British, -med-sin ]

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the effect of geography on disease.

Other Words From

• ge·o·med·i·cal [jee-oh-, med, -i-k, uh, l], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of geomedicine¹

geo- + medicine

Example Sentences

Geospatial medicine, sometimes called geomedicine, studies how location affects our health and well-being.

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One of the chief instigators of geomedicine is Bill Davenhall, a manager at the GIS software company Esri.

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Other geomedicine technologies under development include Health Begins, a social networking platform that seeks to make clinicians more aware of socioeconomic factors that can affect health.

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Epidemiology gets an upgrade as geomedicine delivers new data on ills New technology helps doctors tailor treatment by linking a patient’s location to outbreaks of illness.

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Epidemiology gets an upgrade as geomedicine delivers new data on ills New technology helps doctors tailor treatment by linking a patient’s location to outbreaks of illness.

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