Medicine

Noun

 * 1) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
 * 2) A treatment or cure.
 * 3) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
 * 4) The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
 * 5) Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
 * 6)  black magic, superstition.

Synonyms

 * regimen, course, program, prescription
 * drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir
 * See also Thesaurus:medicine
 * See also Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

 * clinical medicine
 * evidence-based medicine
 * medicine ball


 * medicine dance
 * medicine man
 * medicine show


 * take one's medicine
 * taste of one's own medicine

Related terms

 * medic
 * medicament
 * medication
 * medicate
 * medicinal
 * premedication

Adjectives for Medicine
loathed; cooling;  sudorific;  preventive; multiplying; domestic; reform; heavenly; native; proprietary; astringent.

Thesaurus
anatomy, anesthesiology, audiology, bacteriology, balm, balsam, cardiology, chiropody, corpse reviver, cure, cure-all, dental surgery, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostics, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, embryology, endocrinology, epidemiology, ethical drug, etiology, exodontics, firewater, fluoroscopy, generic name, geriatrics, gerontology, healing arts, hematology, herbs, hooch, hygiene, immunochemistry, immunology, inhalant, internal medicine, likker, lincture, linctus, materia medica, medical care, medical treatment, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicines, mental hygiene, mixture, mycology, neurology, neurosurgery, nonprescription drug, nostrum, nutrition, obstetrics, officinal, ophthalmology, optometry, orthodontics, otolaryngology, otology, panacea, patent medicine, pathology, periodontics, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, physical medicine, powder, preparation, prescription, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, radiology, remedy, sauce, semeiology, serology, simples, snake medicine, surgery, symptomatology, syrup, teratology, therapeusis, therapeutics, theraputant, therapy, tiger milk, tisane, treatment, vegetable remedies

Etymology
medicin: < <  medicina:, feminine of medicinus: < medicus: < medeor:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: medisyne
 * Alabama: aissi
 * Albanian: ilaç
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: դեղ (deġ)
 * Breton: louzoù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 药 (yào), 药材 (yàocái), 藥物 (yàowù), 药物 (yàowù), 经方 (jīngfāng)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: arstirohi, medikament
 * Ewe: atike
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φαρμάκιον (farmakion), φαρμάκευμα (farmakeuma) , βοήθημα (voithima)
 * Modern:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: תרופה (trufā)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kamba:
 * Kikuyu:
 * Kikuyu:


 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:, ,
 * Lao: (yaa)
 * Latvian: zāles, medikaments
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Meru:
 * Navajo:
 * Neapolitan: 'mmericìna
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Persian: (dâru)
 * Polish:, , medykament
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: moriana
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil: மருந்து
 * Taos: woléne
 * Telugu: మందు (mandu), ఔషదం (aushadam)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ліки, лік, лікарство


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: դեղ (deġ)
 * Chinese: 中医, 中醫 (zhōngyī)
 * Czech:
 * Ewe: ,
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: ārstēšana (process of treatment), ārstniecība  (treatment in general), izārstēšana  (treatment with a supposed successful outcome)


 * Macedonian: лекување,
 * Romanian: terapie, tratament
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Taos: woléne
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: лікування, лік


 * Albanian: mjekësi
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: բժշկություն (bžškut῾yun)
 * Breton: medisinerezh
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 醫學, 医学 (yīxué), 方剂学 (fāngjìxué)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, artsenij , medicijnen
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: רפואה (refuʾā)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 医学 (いがく, igaku)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: medicīna
 * Macedonian:
 * Neapolitan: 'mmericìna
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (pezeški),
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: వైద్యం (vaidyam)
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük: medinav


 * Arabic:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: artsenij, geneeskunde
 * Greek:


 * Latvian: medicīna
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Alabama: apofka
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:


 * Hungarian: varázsszer
 * Macedonian: вражење, вражба


 * : bar, ilaç
 * : mezegiezh
 * : medicament
 * : दवाई (davāī)


 * : obat
 * : औषद (oušad)
 * : leac
 * : dawa, madawa pl (noun 5,6) (1,2)
 * : ஔடதம் (auṭatam)
 * : marasin

Noun
medicine



Anagrams

 * endemici

Noun

 * 1) medicine act of practising medical treatment

Etymology
medecine:, with the undefined: added back to reflect the original medicina:.

Descendants

 * French: