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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun medicine has 4 senses

1. medicine(n = noun.cognition) medical specialty - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques;
is a kind of medical science
has particulars: allergology, anesthesiology, angiology, bacteriology, biomedicine, biomedicine, cardiology, dental medicine, dentistry, odontology, prosthetics, dermatology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, epidemiology, forensic medicine, forensic pathology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, gerontology, gynaecology, gynecology, haematology, hematology, hygiene, hygienics, immunology, general medicine, internal medicine, nephrology, nuclear medicine, clinical neurology, neurology, neuropsychiatry, diagnostics, nosology, midwifery, ob, obstetrics, tocology, oncology, ophthalmology, otology, materia medica, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmacy, psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology, chiropody, podiatry, proctology, rheumatology, otolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology, rhinolaryngology, space medicine, sports medicine, therapeutics, thoracic medicine, accident surgery, traumatology, tropical medicine, urogenital medicine, urology, veterinary medicine, virology
Derived forms adjective medical₂, adjective medical₃, verb medicate₂, verb medicine₁

2. medicine(n = noun.artifact) medicament, medication, medicinal drug - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease;
is a kind of drug
has particulars: acyclovir, zovirax, alendronate, fosamax, allopurinol, zyloprim, amrinone, inocor, analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, angiogenesis inhibitor, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, febrifuge, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, apc, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium-channel blocker, calcium blocker, carminative, atromid-s, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, antabuse, disulfiram, dosage, dose, drixoral, drug cocktail, haart, highly active antiretroviral therapy, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, lopid, haematinic, hematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, isuprel, isordil, isosorbide, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drug, mecholyl, methacholine, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, camphorated tincture of opium, paregoric, patent medicine, cuprimine, penicillamine, metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, placebo, powder, ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic, rubefacient, depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, specific, carafate, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, tincture, restorative, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge
Derived forms verb medicate₂, verb medicate₁, adjective medicinal₁, verb medicine₁

3. medicine(n = noun.act) practice of medicine - 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"
is a kind of learned profession
has particulars: preventive medicine, alternative medicine, complementary medicine
Derived forms adjective medical₁, verb medicate₂, verb medicine₁

4. medicine(n = noun.act) music - punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
is a kind of penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment

Verb medicine has 1 senses

medicine(v = verb.body) medicate - treat medicinally, treat with medicine;
is one way to care for, treat
Derived forms noun medicine₃, noun medicine₂, noun medicine₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

medicine, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. médecine. See Medical.].

1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. [1913 Webster]

2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic. [1913 Webster]
"By medicine, life may be prolonged." [1913 Webster]

3. A philter or love potion. Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. A physician. Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. Short for Medicine man. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. -- Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman. -- Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.

medicine, v. t.

To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. Shak. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

medicine, n.
1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods.
2 any drug or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease, esp. one taken by mouth.
3 a spell, charm, or fetish which is thought to cure afflictions.

Idiom:
a dose (or taste) of one's own medicine treatment such as one is accustomed to giving others. medicine ball a stuffed leather ball thrown and caught for exercise. medicine chest a box containing medicines etc. medicine man a person believed to have magical powers of healing, esp. among N. American Indians. take one's medicine submit to something disagreeable.

Etymology:
ME f. OF medecine f. L medicina f. medicus: see MEDIC(1)

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Remedy

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