medicine

UK
/ˈmɛd.sɪn/
US
/ˈmɛd.ɪ.sən/

Translations

medicinenoun
medicines
pl
He is studying medicine at the university.
Он изучает медицину в университете.
She took the medicine to relieve her headache.
Она приняла лекарство, чтобы облегчить головную боль.
Additional translations
лекарственное средство
medicineverb
medicined
Past Simple
medicined
Past Participle
medicining
Gerund
UK
/ˈmɛd.sɪn/
US
/ˈmɛd.ɪ.sən/
Rare, chiefly transitive: to treat or dose with medicine.
Synonyms
administer medicine to
medicineadjective
Used attributively to denote relation to medicine (e.g., medicine cabinet).

Definitions

medicinenoun
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.
medicineverb
To treat, dose, or supply with medicine.
The nurse medicined the patient before bedtime.
medicineadjective
Relating to or used in medicine; medical (usually attributive).
She placed the prescription in a small medicine bottle.