Medicine Definition
mĕdĭ-sĭn
medicined, medicines, medicining
noun
medicines
The science and art of diagnosing, treating, curing, and preventing disease, relieving pain, and improving and preserving health.
Webster's New World
The branch of this science and art that makes use of drugs, diet, etc., as distinguished esp. from surgery and obstetrics.
Webster's New World
The practice of medicine.
American Heritage Medicine
Any drug or other substance used in treating disease, healing, or relieving pain.
Webster's New World
A drug or other substance used for other purposes, as a poison, love potion, etc.
Webster's New World
idiom
take one's medicine
- to endure just punishment or accept the results of one's action
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Medicine
Noun
Singular:
medicine
Plural:
medicinesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Medicine
Origin of Medicine
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Middle English medicin, from Old French, from Latin medicÄ«na (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine"), feminine of medicinus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon"), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon"), from medeor (“I heal").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin medicīna from feminine of medicīnus of a doctor from medicus physician medical
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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