Definition of medicine

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Medicine (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.

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Medical :: Medical (a.) Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant..
Fermacy :: Fermacy (n.) Medicine; pharmacy.
Castoreum :: Castoreum (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers..
Practically :: Practically (adv.) In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right..
Esurine :: Esurine (n.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger..
Hepar :: Hepar (n.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/)..
Nostrum :: Nostrum (n.) A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine..
Gurjun :: Gurjun (n.) A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus laevis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint..
Sabadilla :: Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative..
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Syn- :: Symptomatology (n.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.
Magistral :: Magistral (n.) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
Suffumigation :: Suffumigate (v. t.) To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
Medicine :: Medicine (n.) The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease..
Erthine :: Erthine (n.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory..
Calamus :: Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors..
Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false..
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