medicine

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/ˈmɛd.ɪ.s(ɪ)n/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) substance taken to treat an illness

ADJ

powerful, strong

cough

My daughter took some cough medicine before bed last night so she could sleep better.

herbal | prescription

QUANT

dose

VERB + MEDICINE

take | swallow | prescribe (sb) | administer, give sb | treat sb with

MEDICINE + NOUN

bottle, chest

PREP

~ for

The doctor prescribed some medicine for my daughter's cough.

(noun.) science of treating/preventing illness

ADJ

modern

Doctors today can treat many diseases thanks to modern medicine.

traditional

My grandmother still prefers traditional medicine over modern treatments for her headaches.

folk

My grandmother still believes in folk medicine and treats colds with honey and lemon.

conventional, orthodox | alternative, complementary, holistic, homeopathic | preventative, preventive | academic, clinical, forensic, scientific

general

My doctor trained in general medicine before she decided to focus on pediatrics.

geriatric, obstetric, paediatric, veterinary, etc. | Chinese, Western

private, public health

My doctor works in public health, so she spends her days at the local clinic helping anyone who needs care.

VERB + MEDICINE

train in | qualify in

practise

My grandmother practised traditional Chinese medicine for over thirty years before she retired.

PHRASES

a branch of medicine

Definitions

noun

A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.

Using a weekly pill organizer is a good way to help remind yourself to take your medicine each day, and it also tells you whether you already took today's pills (it's not unusual to forget doing a habitual task)!

Any treatment or cure.

A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?

Surely every medicine is an innovation; and he that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils […]

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

She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.

The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

The history of medicine can be discretized into eras with differing relationships between physicians and surgeons

The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

verb

To treat with medicine.

And we shall find, under the head of the medicining of the body, some things on the subject of medicine in general, which could be better said there than here, because of the wrath of professional dignitaries,- the eye of the 'basilisk,' was not perhaps quite so terrible in that quarter then, as it was in some others.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — punishment for one's actions

music

noun — (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates t

medication
medicament

verb — treat medicinally, treat with medicine

medicate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.

One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bit

taste of one's own medicine

Harsh treatment inflicted on one who previously inflicted similar or equivalent treatment on others.

"The man's spirit is evil enough to frighten people away and we will drop stones upon him, so that he can learn the taste of his own medicine."

laughter is the best medicine

Laughing will improve one's mood or temperament.

a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down

Alternative form of a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

take one's medicine

To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment.

Your resistance to our class won't do you any good . If you'll come out and take your medicine like men, all right; but if you resist it will go that much harder with you.

Example Bank

This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.

Wiktionary

A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?

Wiktionary

I have to take medicine.

Tatoeba · #5999

Have you taken your medicine yet?

Tatoeba · #16380

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, medicine is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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