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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Cardamom :: Cardamom (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine..
Administration :: Administration (n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament..
Opiate :: Opiate (n.) Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic..
Senna :: Senna (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine..
Polychrest :: Polychrest (n.) A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases..
Cathartic :: Cathartic (n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
Brownist :: Brownist (n.) One who advocates the Brunonian system of medicine.
Bechic :: Bechic (n.) A medicine for relieving coughs.
Medicine :: Medicine (n.) A philter or love potion.
Febrifuge :: Febrifuge (n.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.
Emetic :: Emetic (n.) A medicine which causes vomiting.
Kairine :: Kairine (n.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine..
Goa Powder :: Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
Diuretic :: Diuretic (n.) A medicine with diuretic properties.
Sumach :: Sumach (n.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
Phagedenical :: PhagedenicAL (n.) A phagedenic medicine.
Emplastic :: Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.
Album Graecum :: Album Graecum () Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine..
Thomsonianism :: Thomsonianism (n.) An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts..
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