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medicine

[ med-uh-sinor, especially British, med-suhn ]

noun

  1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics.
  3. the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics.
  4. the medical profession.
  5. (among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.


verb (used with object)

medicined, medicining.
  1. to administer medicine to.

medicine

/ 藞m蓻ds瑟n; 藞m蓻d瑟s瑟n /

noun

  1. any drug or remedy for use in treating, preventing, or alleviating the symptoms of disease
  2. the science of preventing, diagnosing, alleviating, or curing disease
  3. any nonsurgical branch of medical science
  4. the practice or profession of medicine Aesculapianiatric

    he's in medicine

  5. something regarded by primitive people as having magical or remedial properties
  6. take one's medicine
    to accept a deserved punishment
  7. a taste of one's own medicine or a dose of one's own medicine
    an unpleasant experience in retaliation for and by similar methods to an unkind or aggressive act
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

medicine

  1. The scientific study or practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases or disorders of the body or mind of a person or animal.
  2. An agent, such as a drug, used to treat disease or injury.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍顎卼颈路尘别诲顎僫路肠颈苍别 adjective
  • 蝉耻顎卲别谤路尘别诲顎僫路肠颈苍别 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of medicine1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English medicin, from Latin 尘别诲颈肠墨苍补 (ars) 鈥渉ealing (art),鈥 feminine of 尘别诲颈肠墨苍耻蝉 鈥減ertaining to a physician,鈥 from medic(us) 鈥減hysician鈥 ( medical ) + -墨苍耻蝉 -ine 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of medicine1

C13: via Old French from Latin 尘别诲颈肠墨苍补 ( ars ) (art of) healing, from medicus doctor, from 尘别诲脓谤墨 to heal
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. give someone a dose / taste of his / her own medicine, to repay or punish a person for an injury by use of the offender's own methods.
  2. take one's medicine, to undergo or accept punishment, especially deserved punishment:

    He took his medicine like a man.

More idioms and phrases containing medicine

see dose of one's own medicine ; take one's medicine .
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Example Sentences

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Trump held firm as stocks plummeted following his sweeping tariffs announcement in early April, likening his staggering levies to "medicine".

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It has reported a rise in malnutrition and severe shortages of medicines at hospitals.

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He didn鈥檛 specifically mention vaccines during his appearance, but more than once he claimed that 鈥渟omeone is putting environmental toxins into ... our medicines.鈥

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But they are vitally important differences, determining what medicines we need and what diseases we're susceptible to, among other things.

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As part of that expansion, the department would create a new program for addressing homelessness, one that includes street medicine teams.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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