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.

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

1. Medicinenoun

   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. Medicinenoun

   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. Medicinenoun

   a philter or love potion

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

4. Medicinenoun

   a physician

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

5. Medicineverb

   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?

1. Alex

   US English

   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. Errol Alden:

   A family vacation to an amusement park - or a trip to the grocery store, a football game or school - should not result in children becoming sickened by an almost 100 percent preventable disease, we are fortunate to have an incredibly effective tool that can prevent our children from suffering. That is so rare in medicine.

2. Timothy Griffin:

   You really need to have the care managers, social workers, behavioral medicine specialists, licensed counselors or psychiatrists, those people need to be involved in the patient too so they can support the nonmedical part.

3. Scott Belsky:

   He always thought about applying what Ben Silbermann was exposed to in the world of medicine, getting something right regardless of how much time it takes, as opposed to constantly moving fast and breaking things.

4. William Courtney:

   You only need it as medicine when you have forgotten it is food.

5. Ben Carson:

   In medicine we have something called continuing medical education. You have to get those credits in order to be recertified.

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