Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

    This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.

    Arznei, Medizin, Medikament

    лека́рствоlekárstvo, медикаме́нтmedikamént, лека́рственное сре́дствоlekárstvennoje srédstvo

    лі́киlíky, лікlik, ліка́рствоlikárstvo

  2. (broadly, countable)Any treatment or cure.

    A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?

    лече́ниеlečénije

    лікува́нняlikuvánnja, лікlik

  3. (uncountable)The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

    She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.

  4. (uncountable)The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

    The history of medicine can be discretized into eras with differing relationships between physicians and surgeons

  5. The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

    (countable, often, specifically, uncountable)Scientific medicine.

  6. (historical, mainly, uncountable)The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons.

    the evolving relationship of medicine to surgery in the nineteenth century

  7. (uncountable)Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Among the Native Americans, a spiritual power, or any object or person through whom such power is channeled, believed to grant influence over natural or magical forces, provide protection, or effect healing.

    Medizin, Heilkunde

    медици́наmedicína

    медици́наmedycýna

  9. (countable, slang, uncountable)Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.

  10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Black magic, superstition.

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A philter or love potion.

  12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A physician.

More definitions
  • 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
  • (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  • the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
  • punishment for one's actions

Examples

1199 sentences
  1. Have you taken your medicine yet?

    Ти вже прийняв ліки?

    ruТы уже принял лекарство?

    deHast du die Medizin schon genommen?

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  2. No medicine can cure this disease.

    Жодні ліки не можуть вилікувати цю хворобу.

    ruОт этой болезни нет лекарства.

    deGegen diese Krankheit gibt es kein Medikament.

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  3. The medicine had an immediate effect.

    Ліки подіяли миттєво.

    ruЛекарство подействовало немедленно.

    deDas Medikament hatte eine sofortige Wirkung.

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  4. I was forced to take medicine.

    Мене примусили випити ліки.

    ruМеня заставили принять лекарство.

    deMan hat mich gezwungen, Medikamente zu nehmen.

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  5. The new medicine saved his life.

    Нові ліки спасли його життя.

    ruНовое лекарство спасло ему жизнь.

    deDas neue Medikament rettete sein Leben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
profession:
substance which promotes healing:
treatment or cure:
Русский
By meaning 3
profession:
substance which promotes healing:
treatment or cure:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
substance which promotes healing:
field of study:

Origin

From Middle English medicin, from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from L

From Middle English medicin, from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicīnus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”). The extended sense of "Indigenous magic" is a calque of Ojibwe mashkiki (“medicine”) or mide (or cognates in related languages) when used in compounds such as Grand Medicine Society, medicine lodge, medicine dance, medicine bag, medicine wheel, medicine man, Medicine Line, and bad medicine or place names such as Medicine Hat, Medicine Creek, etc. Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, medicine”).

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Forms

plural: medicines
Singularmedicine
Pluralmedicines

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
substance:pharmaceutical
Close in meaning
  • 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:practice of medicine
  • (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease:medicationmedicamentmedicinal drug
  • the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques:medical specialty
  • punishment for one's actions:music

Word family

86 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • take this medicine
  • take your medicine
  • take the medicine
  • some medicine
  • to study medicine
  • take his medicine
  • take my medicine
  • this medicine will
  • buy some medicine
  • some medicine for
  • the medicine cabinet
  • study medicine

See also

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