Medicament meaning

mĭ-dĭk'ə-mənt, mĕd'ĭ-kə-
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An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.
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An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.
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Origin of medicament

  • Latin medicāmentum from medicāre to cure medicate
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Medicament Sentence Examples

  • These are the times one has to hunt around for a mild medicament - and yet one could so easily have it to hand!

  • medicament.

  • Gum benzoin, which contains from 12 to 20% of benzoic acid, is used in medicine as the essential constituent of benzoated lard, Adeps benzoatus, which owes its antiseptic properties to benzoic acid; and in friar's balsam, Tinctura benzoini composita, which is an ancient and valuable medicament, still largely used for inhalation in cases of laryngitis, bronchitis and other inflammatory or actually septic conditions of the respiratory tract.

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