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| med·i·cine [ méddəssin ] |
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1. drug for treating illness: a drug or remedy used for treating illness
  cough medicine
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2. treatment of illness: the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, wounds, and injuries
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3. treatment using drugs: the treatment of illness or injury using drugs rather than surgery
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4. medical profession: the profession of treating illness as a doctor
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5. cultural anthropology ritual practice or sacred object: a ritual practice or sacred object believed, especially by Native North Americans, to control supernatural powers or to work as a preventive or remedy of illness
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| [12th century. Directly or via French< Latin medicina "practice of medicine" < medicus "doctor" < mederi "heal"] |
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a dose or taste of your own medicine unpleasant treatment of the same kind that you have given others (informal)
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