Medicine
31medicine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. medicament, medication, remedy; therapy, physic; medical profession. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The healing profession] Syn. medical men, healers, practitioners, doctors, physicians, surgeons, osteopaths …
32medicine — noun 1 science of treating/preventing illness ADJECTIVE ▪ modern ▪ advances in modern medicine ▪ traditional ▪ qualified in traditional Chinese medicine ▪ folk …
33medicine — medi|cine W3S2 [ˈmedsən US ˈmedısən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin medicina, from medicus; MEDICAL] 1.) [U and C] a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink ▪ Medicines should be kept out of the reach… …
34medicine */*/ — UK [ˈmed(ə)s(ə)n] / US [ˈmedɪsɪn] noun Word forms medicine : singular medicine plural medicines 1) [countable/uncountable] a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid that you drink cough medicine a medicine bottle take… …
35medicine — noun 1 (C, U) a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink: take medicine: Have you taken your medicine? 2 (U) the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries: He studied medicine at Yale. | homeopathic medicine 3 the… …
36medicine — med|i|cine [ medısın ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid you drink: cough medicine a medicine bottle take medicine: You have to take the medicine three times a day. 2. ) uncount the… …
37Medicine — Byzantine medicine was built on the foundation of ancient medicine, including Galen (q.v.) and Hippocrates, so much so that many early Byzantine texts are little more than edited encyclopedias of ancient knowledge (e.g., the work of Julian s… …
38medicine — n 1. medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription drug, officinal, prescription, preparation; over the counter drug or medicine, nonprescription medication, proprietory medicine; miracle or wonder drug, antitoxin, vaccine;… …
39medicine*/*/ — [ˈmed(ə)s(ə)n] noun 1) [C/U] a substance that you take to treat an illness cough medicine[/ex] You have to take the medicine three times a day.[/ex] 2) [U] the study and practice of treating or preventing illnesses and injuries He went on to… …
40Preventive medicine — Medicine designed to avert and avoid disease. Screening for hypertension and treating it before it causes disease is good preventive medicine. Preventive medicine is a proactive approach. * * * preventive medicine n a branch of medical science… …
