medicine

[med·i·cine]

Medicine is the field (and body of knowledge) that teaches doctors how to help people. Doctors also give medicine to patients.

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The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

Noun
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"

Noun
punishment for one''s actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

Noun
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Noun
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Verb
treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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n.
The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

n.
Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.

n.
A philter or love potion.

n.
A physician.

v. t.
To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.


Medicine

Med"i*cine , n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m'82decine. See Medical.] 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. 2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
By medicine, life may be prolonged.
3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] Shak. 4. [F. m'82decin.] A physician. [Obs.] Shak. Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. -- Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic. -- Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.

Medicine

Med"i*cine, v. t. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. "Medicine thee to that sweet sleep." Shak.

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.

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Usage Examples

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law in journalism, literature and art.

A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.

For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.

For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

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Other Usage Examples

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick.

By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.

Doctors coin money when they do procedures but family medicine doesn't have any procedures.

For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence suggests, exotic micro-organisms have arisen independently of terrestrial life, studying them could revolutionise biology, medicine and biotechnology.

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