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medicine
  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 by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
  6. Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
  7. (obsolete) black magic, superstition.
  8. (obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
  9. (obsolete) A physician.
  10. (slang) recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks
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  12. Examples:
    1. “She gave me her food and used the medicine to make me feel better.”
      “It was the study of medicine in ancient civilizations that provided the basis for the practice of medicine during the Middle Ages.”
medic
medication
  1. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
  2. The administration of medicine.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “If you forget to take your daily medication for hypertension, that puts you at risk for excessive bleeding.”
      “In case of an emergency, where it is very necessary for immediate medication, the HRS can provide some immediate remedies until the issue is resolved later.”
      “Meditation is heralded as the new medication for all that ails us.”
medicophobia
medico
  1. (humorous) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Ive had my own medico and two sick-bay men working over the cases.”
      “However, house calls are probably the most dangerous part of being a medico.”
      “On the couch one evening, our loco analysand is seized by an uncontrollable passion for the ancient medico.”
medician
  1. (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Such a turnout had never been seen in Tuscany since the Medician days.”
medicalese
  1. (informal) The jargon used by medical professionals.
medicaster
  1. (literary) A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As she was penniless, the woman was forced to bring her child to this medicaster.”
      “It was not very difficult to adapt the topic to the Czech environment as there was a Czech parallel to the story in the Medicaster, a medieval play.”
medicament
  1. A medicine, medication or drug.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I am running low on medicament, so I need to refill my prescription at the pharmacy.”
      “After years of research, scientists developed a natural herb that proved to be a powerful medicament against the growth of harmful bacteria.”
      “The authors draw the attention to the side-effect of the medicament, which might cause renal gravel formation.”
med
  1. (plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I was feeling under the weather, so my doctor prescribed some med to help alleviate my symptoms.”
medspeak
  1. The jargon used by the medical community.
medicalisation
  1. Alternative spelling of medicalization
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Early diagnosis of the disease might unleash a process of premature medicalisation.”
      “Minerva wonders why it's called a disorder at all, and whether this is another example of the medicalisation of normal human behaviour.”
      “However, medicalisation of traumatic human suffering runs the risk of reducing it to a technical problem.”
medicinal
medicalization
  1. The act or process of medicalizing.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In reality, the medical profession has widely condemned the medicalization of the practice.”
      “Discoveries in the fields of medicine and pharmacology have led to a certain medicalization of death.”
      “Yet this same history has come under attack from proponents of so-called medicalization theory.”
medicolegality
  1. (rare) The quality of being medicolegal
medical
medicin
  1. Obsolete form of medicine.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If Medicin Sans Frontieres can negotiate fair pay deals for all staff, why can we not do the same?”
      “Medical charities such as Medicin Sans Frontieres, can only provide supportive care.”
medics
  1. (obsolete) The science of medicine.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “For it was only when that shocked medics were able to examine the X-Rays that they were able to judge the full extent of his terrible injury.”
      “For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.”
      “It took barely five minutes to respond to my call following a heart attack, and all in all no less than four medics were in attendance.”
medicant
  1. A medication.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These soaps are prepared by adding the medicant to curd soap, and then making in a tablet form for use.”
      “They stand towards us in the relation, not of medicant strangers, but of co-heirs and members of our family.”
      “A pharmaceutical composition which disintegrates in water to release a medicant, characterized in that the composition contains acid crosslinked carboxymethylguar as a disintegrant.”
medics
  1. plural of medic
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For it was only when that shocked medics were able to examine the X-Rays that they were able to judge the full extent of his terrible injury.”
      “For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.”
      “It took barely five minutes to respond to my call following a heart attack, and all in all no less than four medics were in attendance.”
medicalizations
medicalisations
medicaments
  1. plural of medicament
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The compound paroxetine is known and has been used in medicaments for treating, amongst other ailments, depression.”
      “They are often used either as adornment, or as an ingredient in potions, unguents or medicaments when crushed into powder.”
      “It also paid for the supply of expensive medicaments until the end of the year.”
medicasters
medications
  1. plural of medication
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Jim had been laid up for months and still carried a satchel full of medications.”
      “And it interacts with several common medications, including bronchodilators, the quinolone class of antibiotics, and anti-anxiety drugs.”
      “Omitted prescription medications included such drugs as oxycodone, warfarin, and insulin.”
medicinals
  1. plural of medicinal
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  3. Examples:
    1. “From 1986-1991, the authors treated 21 cases using Chinese medicinals which clear heat and quicken the blood with entirely satisfactory results.”
      “Homesick colonists brought their favorite flowers, medicinals, and edibles from the Old World.”
      “Herbal medicinals are being used by an increasing number of patients who typically do not advise their clinicians of concomitant use.”
medicants
medicines
  1. plural of medicine
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Antibiotics are medicines that are lethal to bacteria that cause infections.”
      “The pharmacist also offered tablets and injectable medicines for the hematic and hematopoietic systems.”
      “They encourage the use of medicines without any prescription by advertising their products on television and radio.”
medicians
  1. plural of medician
medicins
  1. plural of medicin
medicals
  1. plural of medical
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They will be undergoing medicals and last minute preparations before flying out.”
      “To become a volunteer you need a number of medicals to prove you are physically and mentally fit enough to take part.”
      “Those young enough to be conscripted but who did not pass the military's medicals could join the Home Guard.”
medicos
  1. plural of medico
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Visitors' Book was full of the names of other dewy-eyed medicos from all over the world on a similar pilgrimage.”
      “The research team were mainly medicos, from Harvard University, the University of California, and the University of Newcastle.”
      “Woodward's huge back-up party of coaches, administrators, medicos and other technical and support staff was announced last week.”
meds
  1. plural of med
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With the aid of weekly visits to the acupuncturist she's been able to wean herself off of prescription meds.”
      “Plus I am kinda wacked out on pain meds so excuse me if this only makes sense to the pink elephant who is helping me write it.”
      “I don't want to take my meds either, but when I get like that I ask my ex-wife what it was like before the meds and I remember, sort of.”
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