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On this page, we provide an overview of stub-categories which are related to medicine. Another summary can be found here, with also a classification of child-parent relations for these categories. Some but not all templates relating to preclinical medicine (a.k.a. biomedical sciences) are mentioned on this page -more can be found here.
Put these templates on stubs, and not on non-stub articles. Use a subcategory where possible (e.g. {{Dermatology-stub}} instead of {{med-stub}}). Details on how to use these templates are given in the table below. Most stub categories explain themselves (e.g. Health-stub for articles related to health), for some more info is provided.
Please note that new stub categories should be proposed for debate prior to creation with the Stub-sorting WikiProject at WP:WSS/P.
How to help edit
- Find an existing stub (very short) article. Category:Medicine stubs frequently lists more than 1,000 medicine-related stubs.
- If the article is no longer a stub, please remove the stub-related templates from the bottom of the article.
- If the article is a stub, see if you can replace generic stub templates with a more specific stub template (e.g., {{disease-stub}} rather than {{medicine-stub}}).
| What to type | What it's for |
|---|---|
| {{Health-stub}} | The top category: use a subcategory where possible. |
| {{Med-stub}} | The official Medicine stub: for medicine and medicine related articles. Please use a subcategory where possible. |
| {{abortion-stub}} | |
| {{alt-med-stub}} | |
| {{anatomy-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to human anatomy. |
| {{cell-biology-stub}} | |
| {{circulatory-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to heart, blood, vessels etc. |
| {{dentistry-stub}} | |
| {{dermatology-stub}} | |
| {{developmental-biology-stub}} | |
| {{disability-stub}} | |
| {{disease-stub}} | |
| {{eye-stub}} | |
| {{genetics-stub}} | |
| {{genetic-disorder-stub}} | |
| {{hallucinogen-stub}} | |
| {{hospital-stub}} | |
| {{immunology-stub}} | |
| {{med-bio-stub}} | |
| {{med-company-stub}} | |
| {{med-diagnostic-stub}} | |
| {{medical-equipment-stub}} | |
| {{med-org-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to medical organizations, hospitals, and associations. For hospitals, use the child {{hospital-stub}}. |
| {{med-sign-stub}} | Note that there is generally a difference between the concepts of medical signs and medical symptoms. The two concepts do overlap considerably though, so some topics can correctly be considered as both. |
| {{microbiology-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, proteobacteria and protists. However, for each of these a subcategory exists (click the previous wikilinks to view them)! |
| {{muscle-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to muscles and muscle function. |
| {{neuroscience-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to the nervous system. |
| {{nursing-stub}} | |
| {{oncology-stub}} | |
| {{Orthopedics-stub}} | For stub articles about orthopedics and trauma |
| {{Osteo-med-stub}} | This is the parent stub articles related to osteopathic medicine: physicians, schools, social movements, history, etc. |
| {{pathology-stub}} | This category includes stub articles referring to subdisciplines, tools, and techniques of pathology, as well as gross pathologic and histopathologic entities which are identifiable by an anatomical pathologist. |
| {{pharma-stub}} | |
| {{psych-stub}} | |
| {{Surgery-stub}} | |
| {{symptom-stub}} | |
| {{treatment-stub}} | |
| {{veterinary-med-stub}} | This category is for stub articles relating to veterinary medicine, anatomy and science. |