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med⋅i⋅cine

  [med-uh-sin or, especially Brit., med-suhn] noun, verb, -cined, -cin⋅ing.
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–noun
1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics.
3. the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics.
4. the medical profession.
5. (among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.
–verb (used with object)
6. to administer medicine to.
—Idioms
7. give someone a dose or taste of his or her own medicine, to repay or punish a person for an injury by use of the offender's own methods.
8. take one's medicine, to undergo or accept punishment, esp. deserved punishment: He took his medicine like a man.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME medicin < L medicīna (ars) healing (art), fem. of medicīnus pertaining to a physician. See medical, -ine 1

Synonyms:
1. medication, drug; pharmaceutical; physic.
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med·i·cine   (měd'ĭ-sĭn)   
n.  
    1. The science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind.
    2. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
    3. Shamanistic practices or beliefs, especially among Native Americans.
    4. Something, such as a ritual practice or sacred object, believed to control natural or supernatural powers or serve as a preventive or remedy.
  2. The practice of medicine.
  3. An agent, such as a drug, used to treat disease or injury.
  4. Something that serves as a remedy or corrective: medicine for rebuilding the economy; measures that were harsh medicine.
    1. Shamanistic practices or beliefs, especially among Native Americans.
    2. Something, such as a ritual practice or sacred object, believed to control natural or supernatural powers or serve as a preventive or remedy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin medicīna, from feminine of medicīnus, of a doctor, from medicus, physician; see medical.]
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medicine   (měd'ĭ-sĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The scientific study or practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases or disorders of the body or mind of a person or animal.
  2. An agent, such as a drug, used to treat disease or injury.

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