Definition of medicine

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Medicine (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.

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Oxytocic :: Oxytocic (n.) An oxytocic medicine or agent.
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..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine..
Contrayerva :: Contrayerva (n.) A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic..
Anodyne :: Anodyne (a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings..
Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..
Laxative :: Laxative (n.) A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.
Synthermal :: Synteretics (n.) That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..
Proleptics :: Proleptics (n.) The art and science of predicting in medicine.
Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body..
Turpeth :: Turpeth (n.) The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth..
Physically :: Physically (adv.) According to the rules of medicine.
Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..
Drug :: Drug (n.) Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations..
Purgative :: Purgative (n.) A purging medicine; a cathartic.
Enema :: Enema (n.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment..
Pharmacognosis :: Pharmacognosis (n.) That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- called also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy..
Physic :: Physic (n.) Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic..
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