Transcription
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- [muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-]
- /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-]
- /məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-/
Definitions of medicant word
- noun medicant a healing substance; medicine; remedy. 1
- noun medicant a medicinal substance 0
- noun medicant A medication. 0
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Origin of medicant
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 Medicant
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medicant 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 72% 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.
medicant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for medicant
noun medicant
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- recovery — an act of recovering.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- quick fix — an expedient, temporary solution, especially one that merely postpones having to cope with an overall problem.
Antonyms for medicant
noun medicant
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
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