A substance or preparation used in the treatment of illness; a drug; esp. one taken by mouth. Also: such substances generally. Also in extended use.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] (187) medicine?c1225 A substance or preparation used in the treatment of illness; a drug; esp. one taken by mouth. Also: such substances generally. Also in extended use. pottingary1474 A medicine, a medicinal preparation; medication, drugs. druggery1507 Drugs collectively; medicine, physic; (Scottish) †a drug or medicinal preparation (obsolete). Also (in later use): the action of administering drugs. physicary?1577 A physician. Also: medicinal preparations; materia medica. stuffa1616 Applied to medicine, esp. liquid mixtures. More definitely doctor's stuff (see doctor, n. compounds 3). Now only colloquial or with disparaging… materia medica1663 With the. The remedial substances and preparations used in the practice of medicine; a list of these (later also as a count noun). muti1860 Medicine as traditionally practised among the black peoples of Africa, usually in the form of charms or other objects to which healing or magical… Subcategories:— of ship's doctor (1) — collection or stock of (5) — a medicine or medicament (137) — vehicle (2) — corrective ingredient (1) — substance increasing effect of medicine (2) — alkaline or antalkaline substance (5) — qualities of medicines (12) — dose of medicine (11) — that from which drug is metabolized (1) — portion of drug which reaches site (1) — action of drug (1) — power or essence of drug (1) |
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