xenomedicine

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/zɛnəˈmɛd.sɪn/

noun

The study and practice of medicine involving alien species.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounxenomedicine (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableliteratureThe study and practice of medicine involving alien species.

    You seem to be the first person in the history of xenomedicine who's simply been bitten by a yagghorth instead of disassembled into component pieces.”

    2012, Barbara Hambly, Crossboard
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    There had been people studying xenomedicine in the same class as the two of them who turned out not to have been particularly well fitted for it. Well, he thought, better they should find out in training, rather than in practicing on a patient.

    2000, Diane Duane, Doctor's Orders

    “I understand, Tobin. Being joined is a great responsibility.” Dax stared, flushing with panic. “You . . . you know?” “Don't look so surprised. I'm an expert in xenomedicine and I've been around the quadrant once or twice.

    2015, Christopher L. Bennett, Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic

Origin

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APA

xenomedicine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenomedicine

MLA

“xenomedicine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenomedicine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenomedicine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenomedicine.

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