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medicine

/ medicine /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
"he studied medicine at Harvard"
Type of:
learned profession
Kinds of:
preventive medicine alternative medicine complementary medicine
Derived:
medicate
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
noun Sense 2
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Type of:
drug
Kinds of:
acyclovir Zovirax alendronate Fosamax allopurinol
Derived:
medicate
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
noun Sense 3
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Type of:
medical science
Kinds of:
allergology anesthesiology angiology bacteriology biomedicine
Derived:
medicate
noun Sense 4
punishment for one''s actions
"you have to face the music"
"take your medicine"
Type of:
punishment penalty penalization
verb Sense 5
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
Type of:
treat care for
Kinds of:
drug dose salve
Derived:
practice of medicine medication medicament medicinal drug medical specialty
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
2
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learned profession preventive medicine alternative medicine complementary medicine drug acyclovir Zovirax alendronate Fosamax allopurinol medical science allergology