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English
Etymology
Middle English medicin < Old French < Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicinus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”) < medicus (“a physician, surgeon”) < medeor (“I heal”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ˈme-də-sən, IPA: /ˈmɛdəsɪn/
- (UK) enPR: ˈmed-sən, IPA: /ˈmɛdsən/
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Noun
medicine (plural medicines)
- 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.
Synonyms
- (treatment): regimen, course, program, prescription
- (substance): drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir
- See also Wikisaurus:medicine
- See also Wikisaurus:pharmaceutical
Derived terms
Terms derived from "medicine"
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See also
- therapy
- panacaea
References
- Prescription Desk Reference, Prescription Drug Information:
- “medicine” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "medicine" in the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary
- "medicine" in the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia, Helicon Publishing LTD 2007.
- medicine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- medicine at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Noun
medicine f.
- Plural form of medicina.
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