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medicine

/ˈmɛd.sɪn/

/ˈmɛd.ɪ.sən/

medicinenoun

medicines

Translations

медицина

He is studying medicine at the university.

Он изучает медицину в университете.

лекарство

She took the medicine to relieve her headache.

Она приняла лекарство, чтобы облегчить головную боль.

Additional translations

медикамент

препарат

лекарственное средство

Definitions

A substance or preparation used in treating disease or relieving pain.

The doctor prescribed a new medicine to help with her allergies.

The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease.

He decided to study medicine because he wanted to help people.

Any practice, object, or substance believed to possess remedial or magical power, especially in traditional cultures.

The shaman brewed a strong medicine to cure the village of its ills.

Something that serves as a remedy or corrective for an undesirable condition.

Tough criticism can be bitter medicine but it often leads to improvement.

Synonyms

medicineverb

medicined

Past Simple

medicined

Past Participle

medicining

Gerund

/ˈmɛd.sɪn/

/ˈmɛd.ɪ.sən/

Rare, chiefly transitive: to treat or dose with medicine.

Definitions

To treat, dose, or supply with medicine.

The nurse medicined the patient before bedtime.

Synonyms

treat

drug

medicinate

administer medicine to

dose

medicate

medicineadjective

Used attributively to denote relation to medicine (e.g., medicine cabinet).

Definitions

Relating to or used in medicine; medical (usually attributive).

She placed the prescription in a small medicine bottle.

Synonyms