Definitions for medicine
ˈmɛd ə sɪn; esp. Brit. ˈmɛd sənmedicine

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

1. medicine, medical specialty(noun)

   the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

2. medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug(noun)

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

3. medicine, practice of medicine(noun)

   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, medicine(verb)

   punishment for one's actions

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

5. medicate, medicine(verb)

   treat medicinally, treat with medicine

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. medicine(Noun)

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

2. medicine(Noun)

   A treatment or cure.

3. medicine(Noun)

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

4. medicine(Noun)

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

5. medicine(Noun)

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

6. medicine(Noun)

   black magic, superstition.

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

1. Medicine(noun)

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

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

2. Medicine(noun)

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

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

3. Medicine(noun)

   a philter or love potion

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

4. Medicine(noun)

   a physician

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

5. Medicine(verb)

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

   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?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Grant Shapps:

   Not once have we ended up running out of medicine, there were never actually genuine shortages, those were just people stocking up.

2. Publilius Syrus:

   There is no medicine to cure hatred.

3. Voltaire:

   The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

4. Jake Baum:

   But that shouldn't deter us from looking, it just shows that there may be medicines yet to be discovered and we shouldn't turn our eyes up at traditional medicine just because it's not tested yet.

5. Peter Li:

   There is nothing to stop farmers continuing business as usual but pivoting to selling their farmed wild animals for traditional Chinese medicine instead.

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