medicine
/'medsin/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A substance used to treat or prevent illness or disease: "Medicine" refers to any drug, pill, syrup, or other preparation used to cure, alleviate, or prevent the symptoms of a disease or medical condition.
- The science and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease: "Medicine" is the field of knowledge and the profession concerned with maintaining health and healing the sick.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Substance):
- The doctor prescribed some medicine for my cough.
- She takes her medicine every morning with breakfast.
- Noun (Field/Profession):
- He decided to study medicine at university.
- Advances in modern medicine have saved countless lives.
Advanced Usage
- "a taste/dose of one's own medicine": To receive the same bad treatment that one has given to others.
- After years of being rude to his staff, the manager finally got a taste of his own medicine when the director criticized him publicly.
- "to take one's medicine": To accept an unpleasant consequence or punishment.
- He knew he was wrong, so he decided to take his medicine and apologize.
Variants and Related Words
- Medical (adj): Relating to the science or practice of medicine.
- She needed medical attention after the accident.
- Medicinal (adj): Having healing properties; relating to medicine as a substance.
- This plant has known medicinal uses.
Synonyms
- Remedy: A medicine or treatment for a disease or pain.
- Drug: A substance used as a medicine.
- Medication: A substance used for medical treatment.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Medicine is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. The related action is typically expressed with verbs like "take," "prescribe," or "administer" medicine.
Related Idioms
- "An apple a day keeps the doctor away": This proverb suggests that eating healthy food can prevent illness and the need for medicine.
- "The best medicine": Often used to describe something, especially laughter or happiness, that is very good for improving one's health or mood.
- Laughter is the best medicine.
Noun
- punishment for one's actions
- you have to face the music
- take your medicine
- 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
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
- the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Verb
- treat medicinally, treat with medicine