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Meaning of 'medicine'
Meaning of 'medicine' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Medicine 
[ 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.
- 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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'medicine' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. medicine [ n]
[ 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
- 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
- punishment for one's actions
Example in sentence:
- take your medicine;
- you have to face the music
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