26984 words

medicines

6 definitions • 16 examples
1
treatment for illness or injury, or the study of this:

Examples:

paediatric/preventative medicine
She is a doctor, but is unable to practise medicine (= work as a doctor) in her own country.
2
a substance, especially in the form of a liquid or a pill, that is a treatment for illness or injury:

Examples:

Take two spoonfuls of medicine at mealtimes.
She knows a lot about herbal medicines.
3
the science dealing with the preserving of health and with preventing and treating disease or injury:

Examples:

She continued to practice medicine until she was in her eighties.
4
a substance taken into the body in treating an illness:

Examples:

[ U ] Take two spoonfuls of cough medicine.
[ C ] This antibiotic should not be taken with other medicines.
5
the treatment of illness or injury, or the study of how illnesses and injuries are treated:

Examples:

Medicine has advanced enormously over the past 100 years.
alternative/complementary/preventive medicine
6
a drug that is used to treat illness or injury:

Examples:

Producing new medicines is an enormously complex and costly process.
The President announced that he would send $320 million worth of food and medicine to the region.
over-the-counter/prescription medicine(s)

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