Definitions for Medicine
ˈmɛd ə sɪn; esp. Brit. ˈmɛd sənMedicine

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. medicine, medical specialtynoun

   the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

2. medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drugnoun

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

3. medicine, practice of medicinenoun

   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. music, medicineverb

   punishment for one's actions

   "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

5. medicate, medicineverb

   treat medicinally, treat with medicine

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. medicinenoun

   A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.

2. medicinenoun

   A treatment or cure.

3. medicinenoun

   The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

4. medicinenoun

   The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.

5. medicinenoun

   Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.

6. medicinenoun

   black magic, superstition.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Medicinenoun

   Physick; any remedy administered by a physician.

   Etymology: medicine, Fr. medicina, Latin.

   O, my dear father! restauration, hang
   Thy medicine on my lips; and let this kiss
   Repair those violent harms. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Let’s make us medicines of our great revenge,
   To cure this deadly grief. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   A merry heart doth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Prov. xvii. 22.

   I wish to die, yet dare not death endure;
   Detest the med’cine, yet desire the cure. Dryden.

2. To Medicineverb

   To operate as physick. Not used.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Not all the drowsy syrups of the world,
   Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
   Which thou owedst yesterday. William Shakespeare.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Medicinenoun

   the science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease

2. Medicinenoun

   any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic

3. Medicinenoun

   a philter or love potion

4. Medicinenoun

   a physician

5. Medicineverb

   to give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure

6. Etymology: [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. mdecine. See Medical.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Medicine

   med′i-sin, or med′sin, n. anything applied for the cure or lessening of disease or pain, whether simple or compound (made up of more than one ingredient): the science which treats of the prevention or cure of disease: a charm.—v.t. to treat or cure by medicine.—adj. Medic′inal, relating to medicine: fitted to cure or to lessen disease or pain.—adv. Medic′inally.—ns. Med′icine-bag, a Red Indian's receptacle for charms; Med′icine-chest, a chest for keeping medicines in a ship, &c.; Med′icine-man, among savages, a witch-doctor or exorciser.—adjs. Med′ico-chirur′gical, relating to both medicine and surgery; Med′ico-lē′gal, relating to the application of medicine to questions of law. [Fr.,—L. medicina—medicus.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Medicine

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

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medicine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3555

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medicine' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3364

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Medicine' in Nouns Frequency: #1275

How to pronounce Medicine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Medicine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Medicine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Medicine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Medicine in a Sentence

1. Kathryn Rexrode:

   The influx of women in medicine and science has changed some of the questions that are asked.

2. Stephen Leacock:

   The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

3. Andrew Russo:

   I thought it was a very clever design to do [ the study ] with the medication because all too often we see Western versus Eastern or holistic medicine, and it shouldn't be viewed as such.

4. Louis Gifford:

   Pain is multidimensional, and so should management be, that is what we are grappling with and it is not at all easy at present, but it will be before long. Important changes take time to integrate and get right. Things are changing for the better and the physiotherapy profession in this country stands to gain a great deal of respect for the way in which it is taking on this material. Patients and society should also benefit, and as Gordon Waddell (1998) powerfully points out, if medicine can create a low back pain disability epidemic, then it can also reverse it.”

5. Gautam Sharma:

   My job as chief of integrative medicine at AIIMS is to explore how integrative, traditional medicine systems -- especially yoga -- can be used as an adjuvant to modern therapy.

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