Offense

Offense (Medicine)

Offense (pronounced: /əˈfɛns/) is a term used in the field of Medicine to describe a proactive approach to prevent or combat diseases. The term is derived from the Latin word 'offensa', meaning a strike against.

Etymology

The term 'Offense' in the context of medicine is derived from the Latin word 'offensa', which means a strike against. This term is used to describe a proactive approach in medicine where preventive measures are taken to combat diseases before they occur or to aggressively treat diseases that have already occurred.

Related Terms

• Preventive Medicine: This is a branch of medicine that focuses on the health of individuals and communities. The goal of preventive medicine is to promote health and well-being and prevent disease, disability, and death.

• Proactive Health: This is a term used to describe the approach of taking preventive measures to maintain health and prevent disease.

• Health Promotion: This is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.

• Disease Prevention: This refers to actions or measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms.

• Public Health: This is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.

See Also

• Healthcare
• Medicine
• Public Health
• Preventive Medicine
• Proactive Health
• Health Promotion
• Disease Prevention

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Offense
• Wikipedia's article - Offense

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