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 Definitions of medicine  [ˈmɛd ə sɪn;]  

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Definition of 'medicine' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) medicine
any substance used in treating disease or illness.

2.  medicine
the art, science, or profession of preserving health and of curing or alleviating disease.

3.  medicine
the art or science of treating disease by nonsurgical means.

4.  medicine
the branch of the medical profession concerned with this.

5.  medicine
(among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.

6. (v.t.) medicine
to administer medicine to.

7.  medicine
take one's medicine, to submit bravely or resignedly to punishment, esp. when deserved.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME < L medicīna (ars) healing (art), fem. of medicīnus of a physician. See medical , -ine1)

Definition of 'medicine' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) medicine, medical specialty
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

2. (noun) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

3. (noun) medicine, 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"

4. (verb) music, medicine
punishment for one's actions
"you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

5. (verb) medicate, medicine
treat medicinally, treat with medicine


Definition of 'medicine' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) medicine
a substance that you take to cure an illness
How often should I take the medicine?

2.  medicine
the study or science of treating or preventing illness or injury
She's studying medicine.


Definition of 'medicine' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) medicine
the science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease

2. (noun) medicine
any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic

3. (noun) medicine
a philter or love potion

4. (noun) medicine
a physician

5. (verb) medicine
to give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure


Definition of 'medicine' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  medicine
The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.


Translation of 'medicine' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a substance, especially a liquid for swallowing, that is used to treat or keep away disease or illness
a dose of medicine.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: medisyne, medikasie Arabic flag Arabic: دَواء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лекарство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: remédio Czech flag Czech: lék German flag German: die Medizin
Danish flag Danish: medicin Greek flag Greek: φάρμακο Spanish flag Spanish: medicina
Estonian flag Estonian: arstim Farsi flag Farsi: دارو Finnish flag Finnish: lääke
French flag French: médicament Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְּרוּפָה Hindi flag Hindi: औषध
Croatian flag Croatian: lijek Hungarian flag Hungarian: orvosság Indonesian flag Indonesian: obat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (læknis)lyf, meðal Italian flag Italian: medicina, farmaco Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 의약품 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vaistai Latvian flag Latvian: medikaments, zāles
Malay flag Malay: ubat Dutch flag Dutch: medicijn Norwegian flag Norwegian: medisin, legemiddel
Polish flag Polish: lekarstwo Persian flag Persian: دارو Pashto flag Pashto: درمل،دوا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: remédio Romanian flag Romanian: medicament Russian flag Russian: лекарство, медикамент
Slovak flag Slovak: liek Slovenian flag Slovenian: zdravilo Serbian flag Serbian: lek
Swedish flag Swedish: medicin Thai flag Thai: ยา Turkish flag Turkish: ilâç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 藥(尤指藥水) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ліки; медикамент Urdu flag Urdu: دوا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuốc Chinese flag Chinese: 内服药(剂)

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