medicine in English dictionary

  • medicine

    Meanings and definitions of "medicine"

    • A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
    • A treatment or cure.
    • The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
    • The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
    • Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
    • (obsolete) black magic, superstition.
    • noun
      A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
    • noun
      A treatment or cure.
    • noun
      The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
    • noun
      The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
    • noun
      Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
    • noun
      Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      black magic, superstition.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A philtre or love potion.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A physician.
    • noun
      (slang)
      recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks
    • verb
      (rare, obsolete)
      To treat with medicine.
    • substance which promotes healing
    • treatment or cure
    • field of study
    • profession
    • ritual Native American magic
    • (legal) drugs
    • The science and art of treating and healing.
    • A substance which specifically promotes healing.
    • noun
      (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    • noun
      punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
    • noun
      the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    • 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"
    • verb
      treat medicinally, treat with medicine

    Synonyms of "medicine" in English dictionary

    care for, drug, medication are the top synonyms of "medicine" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of medicine

    • medicine ( plural  medicines)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza medicine, lm  liczba mnoga medicines
    • medicine (countable and uncountable, plural medicines)
    • medicine (third-person singular simple present medicines, present participle medicining, simple past and past participle medicined)
  • MedicIne
  • MEDICINE
  • Medicine

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