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medicine - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'medicine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Medicine [ n.]
- The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
- Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
- A philter or love potion.
- A physician.
2 . Medicine [ v. t.]
- To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.

Meaning of 'medicine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . medicine [ n]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • he studied medicine at Harvard
Meaning (2):
- punishment for one's actions
Example in sentence:
  • take your medicine;
  • you have to face the music