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Medicina
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Medicina (-ae, f.) est ars malorum corporis mentisque curandorum. Officium medici est valetudinem tueri. Progressus medicinae saeculis undevicensimo et vicensimo fuit magnus. Medicina hodierna multos homines adiuvare potest, ut vitam diuturnam degerant.
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