medicine
Meaning
n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgicaltechniques [syn: medical specialty]
2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates
the symptoms of disease [syn: medication, medicament,
medicinal drug]
3: 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; "he studied
medicine at Harvard" [syn: practice of medicine]
4: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music";
"take your medicine" [syn: music]
v : treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: medicate]