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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Antapoplectic :: Antapoplectic (n.) A medicine used against apoplexy.
Pharmacon :: Pharmacon (n.) A medicine or drug; also, a poison..
Fermacy :: Fermacy (n.) Medicine; pharmacy.
Astringency :: Astringency (n.) The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin..
Dose :: Dose (n.) The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time..
Sagamore :: Sagamore (n.) A juice used in medicine.
Lobelia :: Lobelia (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers..
Abortive :: Abortive (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
Myrobolan :: Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America..
Medical :: Medical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence..
Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
Stegocephala :: Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.
Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail..
Glyconin :: Glyconin (n.) An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc..
Physic :: Physic (v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge..
Toxical :: Toxical (a.) Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines..
Parturifacient :: Parturifacient (n.) A medicine tending to cause parturition, or to give relief in childbearing..
Phagedenical :: PhagedenicAL (n.) A phagedenic medicine.
Materia Medica :: Materia medica () Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.
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