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- [muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-]
- /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/
- /meˈdɪkəmənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-]
- /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/
Definitions of medicament word
- noun medicament a healing substance; medicine; remedy. 1
- noun medicament A substance used for medical treatment. 1
- noun medicament a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation 0
- noun medicament medication (sense 2) 0
- noun medicament A medicine, medication or drug. 0
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Origin of medicament
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā(rī) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate
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Parts of speech for Medicament
noun
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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medicament popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
medicament usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for medicament
noun medicament
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
- alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
Antonyms for medicament
noun medicament
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
Top questions with medicament
- what is a medicament?
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