to go into medicine
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3.4
- phrasal verb
:
estudiar medicina
- I really should have gone into medicine instead of publishing.
- want to go into medicine
- reason I went into medicine
- people go into medicine
I think as well, I would have been a fourth generation doctor if I'd gone into medicine.
- I think as well, I would have been a fourth generation doctor if I'd gone into medicine.
- But you know, to answer your question for me, I didn't go into medicine thinking that I would be a poop doctor.
Examples
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She has always dreamed of helping others, so she plans to go into medicine and become a doctor.
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In view of all this, what advice would you have for a young person who wants to go into medicine?
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Yeah, people go into medicine for all kinds of reasons.
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Alec is going into medicine.
Fiction book (2000) -
When we go into medicine, we do it because we want to help people (okay, I hope that's why).
Blog text (30) -
In a recent interview, the health secretary said of NHS staff when they signed up to go into medicine they knew there would be pressurised moments.
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There is not, and let me tell you, I went into medicine to figure out how to alleviate women's suffering, not to observe it.
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Two had wanted to go into medicine, for example, but were deflected by family warnings or by the realization that they lacked the necessary preparation in the sciences.
Academic text (2006) -
Many students decide to go into medicine after volunteering at local hospitals.
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My brother chose to go into medicine because he wants to make a difference in people's lives.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase directly composes 'go' (move/enter) + 'into' (entering/change of state) + 'medicine' (the medical field), so a learner can infer 'enter the field of medicine' or begin a career/training there. This is a common English pattern (go into X = enter a profession/field) with cross-linguistic parallels, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Go into medicine comes from a simple image: go into means to enter, and medicine means the work of doctors. One popular image is someone going into a hospital or clinic to learn and work, so the phrase means 'to begin a career in medicine'.