medicine
noun
[ ˈmɛds(ə)n ]
• the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery).
• "he made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine"
• a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease.
• "give her some medicine"
Similar:
medication,
medicament,
remedy,
cure,
nostrum,
patent medicine,
quack remedy,
panacea,
cure-all,
placebo,
drug,
prescription,
dose,
treatment,
physic,
medicinal,
• (especially among some North American Indian peoples) a spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power.
• "Fleur was murdering him by use of bad medicine"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin medicina, from medicus ‘physician’.
