medicine

Plural: medicines

Noun

• the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
  • "he studied medicine at Harvard"
• punishment for one's actions
  • "take your medicine"
• A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
• Any treatment or cure.
• The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
• The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.
• The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.
• The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons.
• Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine.
• Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
• Black magic, superstition.
• A philter or love potion.
• A physician.
• Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.

Verb

Verb Forms: medicined, medicining, medicines

• To administer a substance used for treating disease.
• treat medicinally, treat with medicine
• To treat with medicine.

Examples

• A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?
• He attempted to MEDICINE the board with a tricky plural, hoping to cure his low score.
• She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.
• the evolving relationship of medicine to surgery in the nineteenth century
• The history of medicine can be discretized into eras with differing relationships between physicians and surgeons
• This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.
• Using a weekly pill organizer is a good way to help remind yourself to take your medicine each day, and it also tells you whether you already took today's pills (it's not unusual to forget doing a habitual task)!

Synonyms

medical specialty, medicament, medicate, medication, medicinal drug, music, practice of medicine, course, drug, elixir, health care, medicine, pharmaceutical, prescription, program, regimen

Related Words

diagnosis, disease, etiology, medic, medical, medicament, medicate, medication, medicinal, panacea, pharmaceutical, physician, postmedication, premedication, prognosis, symptom, therapy, treatment

Anagrams of medicine