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Definitions for Medicine

[1] any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
[2] the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics.
[3] the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics.
[4] the medical profession.
[5] (among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.
[6] to administer medicine to.
[7] give someone a dose /taste of his /her own medicine , to repay or punish a person for an injury by use of the offender's own methods.
[8] take one's medicine , to undergo or accept punishment, especially deserved punishment: He took his medicine like a man.
[9] a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
[10] any drug or remedy for use in treating, preventing, or alleviating the symptoms of disease
[11] the science of preventing, diagnosing, alleviating, or curing disease
[12] any nonsurgical branch of medical science
[13] the practice or profession of medicine he's in medicine Related adjectives: Aesculapian, iatric
[14] something regarded by primitive people as having magical or remedial properties
[15] take one's medicine to accept a deserved punishment
[16] a taste of one's own medicine or a dose of one's own medicine an unpleasant experience in retaliation for and by similar methods to an unkind or aggressive act

Words related to Medicine

pharmaceutical, medication, antibiotic, drug, remedy, cure, prescription, pill, anesthetic, tincture, antidote, balm, salve, dose, tablet, vaccination, physic, tonic, potion, antiseptic

Words nearby Medicine

medici, lorenzo de, medicide, medicinable, medicinal, medicinal leech, medicine, medicine ball, medicine bow range, medicine bow river, medicine bundle, medicine chest

Origin of Medicine

1175–1225; Middle English medicin < Latin medicīna (ars ) healing (art), feminine of medicīnus pertaining to a physician. See medical, -ine1

Other words from Medicine

an·ti·med·i·cine , adjective
su·per·med·i·cine , noun

Word origin for Medicine

C13: via Old French from Latin medicīna (ars ) (art of) healing, from medicus doctor, from medērī to heal

Synonyms for Medicine

antibiotic, cure, drug, medication, pharmaceutical, pill, prescription, remedy, anesthetic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, capsule, dose, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, physic, potion, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine, biologic, pharmacon