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- [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n]
- /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən/
- /ˈmedsn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n]
- /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən/
Definitions of medicine word
- noun medicine a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined. 1
- verb with object medicine to administer medicine to. 1
- idioms medicine give someone a dose / taste of his / her own medicine, to repay or punish a person for an injury by use of the offender's own methods. 1
- idioms medicine take one's medicine, to undergo or accept punishment, especially deserved punishment: He took his medicine like a man. 1
- noun medicine The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery). 1
- noun medicine science: treating illness 1
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Origin of medicine
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English medicin < Latin medicīna (ars) healing (art), feminine of medicīnus pertaining to a physician. See medical, -ine1
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Parts of speech for Medicine
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medicine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
medicine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for medicine
noun medicine
- pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- antibiotic — Antibiotics are medical drugs used to kill bacteria and treat infections.
- drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- remedy — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
Antonyms for medicine
noun medicine
- disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
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