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medicine

/ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/noun, verb3 syllables

Medicine means: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease.

Synonyms for medicine7

noun, as in (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

medication, medicament, medicinal drug

noun, as in the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

medical specialty

noun, as in 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

practice of medicine

noun, as in punishment for one's actions

music

verb, as in treat medicinally, treat with medicine

medicate

What does medicine mean?5

noun

1

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

2

the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

3

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”

4

punishment for one's actions“you have to face the music”

verb

1

treat medicinally, treat with medicine

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Medicine in a sentence

  • Take this medicine faithfully, and you will feel better.unknown
  • If you take this medicine, you will feel better.Eldad
  • If you take medicine, you will feel better.CK
  • Take this medicine, and you'll feel a lot better.CK
  • This medicine, properly used, will do you a lot of good.unknown
  • If you continue to take this herbal medicine, it will do you good.CK
  • If you take this medicine, you'll feel better.CK
  • You must take this medicine, whether you like it or not.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of medicine

as a noun

plural
medicines

as a verb

third-person singular
medicines
present participle
medicining
past participle
medicined
past tense
medicined