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med⋅i⋅cine

  [med-uh-sin or, especially Brit., med-suhn] noun, verb, -cined, -cin⋅ing.
–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.
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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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Word Origin & History

medicine 
c.1225, from L. medicina, originally ars medicina "the medical art," from fem. of medicinus (adj.) "of a doctor," from medicus "a physician" (see medical). To take (one's) medicine "submit to something disagreeable" is first recorded 1865. N.Amer. Indian medicine-man "shaman" is first attested 1801, from Amer. Indian adoption of the word in sense of "magical influence." The U.S.-Canadian boundary they called Medicine Line (first attested 1910), because it conferred a kind of magic protection: punishment for crimes committed on one side of it could be avoided by crossing over to the other. Medicine show "traveling show meant to attract a crowd so patent medicine can be sold to them" is Amer.Eng., 1938. Medicine ball "stuffed leather ball used for exercise" is from 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: med·i·cine
Pronunciation: 'med-&-s&n, Brit usu 'med-s&n
Function: noun
1 : a substance or preparationused in treating disease
2 a : the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease b : the branch ofmedicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of disease
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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medicine 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. The practice of medicine.

  4. An agent, such as a drug, used to treat disease or injury.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Science Dictionary
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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Idioms & Phrases

take one's medicine

Put up with unpleasantness, learn one's lesson. For example, After failing math, he had to take his medicine and go to summer school. This idiom uses medicine in the sense of "a bitter-tasting remedy." [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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