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.
| 单词 | θ15488 |
| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament (137) 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. physicc1325 A medicinal substance; spec. a cathartic, a purgative. Also: medicines generally. Now historical. treacle1340 Old Pharmacology. A medicinal compound, originally a kind of salve, composed of many ingredients, formerly in repute as an alexipharmic against… dia1377 A medical preparation or compound. pharmacyc1385 A medicine or medicinal preparation; spec. a purgative or laxative. Obsolete. rare. drugc1400 Originally: any substance, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, used as an ingredient in pharmacy, chemistry, dyeing, or various… medicament?1440 A substance used for medical treatment; a medicine, remedy. applyment1561 = application, n. spece1605 A medical substance; a drug. pharmack1643 A drug, a medicine. (In quot. figurative). eradicative1654 An eradicative medicine. medicinal1667 A medicinal substance. medicinable1683 A medicinal substance. Obsolete. rare. operative1716 A thing, esp. a drug, which operates. Obsolete. pharmaceutical1829 A pharmaceutical preparation; a medicinal drug. Usually in plural. pharmaceutic1927 = pharmaceutical, n. meds1967 Drugs taken to treat a medical condition. Cf. med, n.2 macrofilaricide1978 A drug used to kill macrofilariae. Subcategories:— universal medicine (19) — medicine for various ailments (2) — supremely effective medicine (6) — wonderful medicine (2) — non-remedial medicine (14) — occult medicine (5) — divine medicine (1) — officinal medicine (8) — prescribed medicine (8) — specific medicine (9) — patent medicine (2) — substitute medicine (4) — medicine of mixed ingredients (9) — children's medicine (1) — homoeopathic medicine (3) — medicine of dogmatic physicians (1) — sweet medicine (1) — bitter medicine (2) — nauseous or repulsive medicine (3) — unpleasant-smelling medicine (1) — placebo (1) — worthless or quack (5) — internal medicine (1) — external medicine (2) — radioactive compound (2) — injectable substance (1) — addictive drug (2) — medicine co-operating with another (2) — inirritant (1) — generic drug (1) |
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