请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 medicine
释义
medicinemedi‧cine /ˈmedsən $ ˈmedəsən/ ●●● S2 W3 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmedicine
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Latin medicina, from medicus; ➔ MEDICAL
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Medicines should be kept out of children's reach.
  • Chinese herbal medicine
  • Jane is studying medicine.
  • Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
  • So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?
  • The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He was taken to the hospital by police, where he was given a great deal of medicine and became unconscious.
  • How are you going to get your medicine?
  • I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me.
  • In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.
  • In the United Kingdom it's driven by medicine and there aren't many posts for social scientists.
  • It was well fitted out, with a formidable medicine chest.
  • No medicine, no therapy, can bring her back.
  • Preventative medicine and good health rather than repairs were his philosophy.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness: · Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.· Has he taken his medicine?
noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: · She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.· The doctor gave him some pills.· sleeping pills· diet pills· contraceptive pills
noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: · She’s now on four tablets a day.· a five-day course of tablets· sleeping tablets· anti-malaria tablets
· The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.· Why don’t you take some aspirin?· The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: · a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C· I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide – used especially on bottles and containers: · In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: · Remember — if you’re using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: · an antibiotic cream· antiseptic cream· skin cream
noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: · a drug used to treat malaria· There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: · The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.· It’s important to get the dosage right.
noun [countable, uncountable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: · He takes medication for his diabetes.· She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
Longman Language Activatortreatment for an injury or illness
a medical method of curing someone who is ill or injured, for example by means of drugs or an operation: treatment for: · Doctors are trying out a new treatment for depression.treatment of: · Natural poisons such as snake venom are now being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders.receive treatment: · He's receiving treatment for cancer.medical treatment: · They received medical treatment at the hospital after the assault.course of treatment: · a course of treatment which should lead to an improvement in the patient's condition
a series of treatments for a problem, especially a mental one, usually without drugs or operations: · The therapy involves getting the patient to tell the doctor about their early childhood.· This child is clearly very disturbed emotionally and may require long-term therapy.be in therapy: · He's been in therapy for years, but he's still got a big self-esteem problem.speech therapy (=medical help to improve speech): · Will she need to have speech therapy?physical therapy: · Don underwent months of physical therapy after the accident.
the science of understanding illness and injury, and the methods used for treating them: · Jane is studying medicine.· The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.alternative medicinealso complementary medicine British (=medical treatments based on ideas that are different from the ideas of Western scientific medicine): · So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?conventional medicine (=the usual form of medicine used in most Western countries, involving the use of drugs and operations): · Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
if you have an operation , a doctor cuts into your body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: have an operation: · The doctor says I must have an operation.operation on: · I had an operation on my knee last year.carry out/perform an operation: · Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success.
treatment by doctors in which they cut into someone's body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: · She needed emergency surgery after the accident.surgery on: · He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.surgery for: · Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.have/undergo surgery: · Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.major/minor surgery (=a serious/not very serious operation): · an injury requiring major surgeryknee/abdominal/heart etc surgery: · patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
when a doctor or nurse gives someone a drug using a special needle: have an injection: · I hate having injections.give somebody an injection: · Mrs. Wilson, I'm going to give you an injection to help you relax.
British /shot American informal an injection: · a typhoid jabget a jab/shot: · The kids have to get their shots before they go to school.
WORD SETS
anabolic steroid, nounanaesthetic, nounantacid, nounantibiotic, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounaspirin, nounbalm, nounbalsam, nounbandage, nounbandage, verbBand-Aid, nounbarbiturate, nounbatch, nounBCG, nounbelladonna, nounbeta-blocker, nounbismuth, nounbooster, nouncaffeine, nouncapsule, nouncastor oil, nounchemotherapy, nounclinical, adjectivecodeine, nouncondom, nouncortisone, nouncough mixture, noundepressant, noundisinfect, verbdisinfectant, noundispensary, noundispense, verbdispensing chemist, noundiuretic, noundosage, noundose, noundose, verbdraught, noundrip, noundrug, noundrug, verbdruggist, noundrugstore, nounear drops, nounemetic, nounemollient, adjectiveEpsom salts, nouneucalyptus, nounexpectorant, nounfluoridate, verbfluoride, nounfolic acid, noungripe water, nounhallucinogen, nounhemlock, nounherbal, adjectiveherbal medicine, nounhypnotic, nounimmunize, verbinfusion, nouninhalant, nouninhaler, nouninject, verbinjection, nouninoculate, verbintravenous, adjectiveiodine, nounlaxative, nounlotion, nounlozenge, nounmagnesia, nounmedicament, nounmedicated, adjectivemedication, nounmedicinal, adjectivemedicine, nounmelatonin, nounmethadone, nounmilk of magnesia, nounmorning-after pill, nounmorphia, nounmorphine, nounnarcotic, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounniacin, nounnicotine patch, nounobstetrician, nounointment, nounopiate, nounopium, nounoral contraceptive, nounoverdose, nounover-the-counter, adjectivepack, nounpainkiller, nounparacetamol, nounpastille, nounpatch, nounpatent medicine, nounpenicillin, nounpharmaceutical, adjectivepharmaceuticals, nounpharmacist, nounpharmacology, nounpharmacopoeia, nounpharmacy, nounplacebo, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpurgative, nounquinine, nounRDA, nounreaction, nounremedy, nounrubbing alcohol, nounsalve, nounsedation, nounsedative, nounsenna, nounserum, nounside effect, nounsleeping pill, nounspecific, nounsteroid, nounstimulant, nounstrychnine, nounsuppository, nounsurgical spirit, nounsyringe, nountablet, nountake, verbThalidomide, nountherapist, nountincture, nountonic, nountranquillizer, nountruth drug, nounvaccinate, verbvaccine, nounValium, nounVaseline, nounwitch-hazel, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2adjectives
(=medicine based on science)· Thanks to modern medicine, these babies will survive.
(=ordinary modern medicine)· Some sufferers reject conventional medicine.
(=conventional medicine as developed in Western countries)· the scientific basis of Western medicine
(=medical treatments that were used before modern medicine)· The plant was used in traditional medicine for the treatment of stomach problems.
(=medical treatments that are not part of modern medicine)· Various types of alternative medicine, particularly acupuncture, can give pain relief.
(=medical treatments that use herbs)· In ancient China, herbal medicine was often used with acupuncture.
(=medical treatment of a whole person, not just a particular illness)· One principle of holistic medicine is that each person is unique.
(=medical treatments that were used by ordinary people, especially in the past)· Researchers are looking at plants that are commonly used in folk medicine.
(=medical treatments that are traditional in China, for example using herbs and acupuncture)· Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine.
(=medical study relating to specific groups or types of illness)· Advances have been made in veterinary medicine, so that our pets are living longer, healthier lives.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=medical treatment that is not based on the usual western methods) Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners of alternative medicine.
(=medicine etc that deals directly with people, rather than with research or ideas)
(=liquid containing medicine for a cough)· You should take some cough medicine.
British English· The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.
 Forensic experts found traces of blood in the car. a career in forensic science a forensic pathologist
· Not everyone can afford the cost of prescription drugs.
(=diseases that are common in hot countries or the study of these diseases)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Needle Works Acupuncture is widely used in human alternative medicine.· Clinical ecology is one of the more controversial forms of alternative medicine.· It must be stressed that there are important differences between stage hypnotism and the techniques used in alternative medicine.· There are so many forms of alternative medicine and there's no doubt it's getting more popular.· We can not dismiss claims about, say, alternative medicine or acupuncture a priori.· Tony Smith claims that the purpose of our newsletter is to support alternative medicine.· In Homoeopathy and many other types of alternative medicine the patient's illness is placed in a much larger context.· Unorthodox or alternative medicine was not on trial.
· Differences between clinical medicine and public health in their views on quality assurance are also illustrated.· Some of them are potent ganglion blocking agents and were introduced into clinical medicine, but they had grave disadvantages.· The reports illustrate the tensions between clinical medicine and public health in the formulation of health policy.· The objective is to provide the student with a basic knowledge of normal human biology with aspects relevant to clinical medicine.
· The rift between conventional and complementary medicine has had many harmful effects.· The practices of complementary medicine fall roughly into the following categories: 1.· So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?· In my view, scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine.· Such developments are paving the way to rapprochement between conventional and complementary medicine.· Most forms of complementary medicine are framed in terms of traditional medical systems from other cultures.· Today many physicians admit that complementary medicine has some potential and deserves a fair trial.
· This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.· Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.· The rift between conventional and complementary medicine has had many harmful effects.· In my view, scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine.· Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.· Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.· Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.· Such developments are paving the way to rapprochement between conventional and complementary medicine.
· When she'd first qualified in forensic medicine he'd been a young sergeant.
· Good nursing is the essential complement to good medicine.· But, because of better medicine and nutrition, people live longer and their money may run out before they do.· Yes, crushed apple was a very good medicine when properly blended with glucose and sterile milk for small stomachs.· Having Louella come and live with me will be the best medicine in the world.· This year you're receiving a rare double dose of the best heavenly medicine.· Uncle Billy Watson doeth good like a medicine, he thought, paraphrasing the scriptures.· Recovery is the best medicine for the market, but it must be sustainable.· A former teacher at Longlands College, Middlesbrough, Pat always believes in laughter as the best medicine for loneliness.
· Other herbal medicines should be regarded with greater caution.· They studied herbal medicine as an alternative to the drugs of the medical profession.· There's a large dramatically-styled amphitheatre and a small clinic with herbal medicines.· Organic foods, herbal medicines, and handmade goods were preferred to their industrially produced counterparts.· Some herbal medicines may be safe; others may interact with other medication you are taking.· Bloodletting is popular among the doctors and apothecaries, but herbal medicine, witchcraft and spells are rampant in the general population.· The widow, a Quaker, would seem to have been a devotee of herbal medicine and various other quack cures.· The good doctor Guruji treats madness with herbal medicine in a village near Delhi.
· In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.· It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.· Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.· She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.· The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.· The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine.
· Smith has been practicing internal medicine in Mesa since 1976.· Physicians trained in internal medicine are attached and function as consultants.
· The concerns of older people about their future health care probably reflect beliefs about modern medicine and priorities within the medical profession.· Underscoring this notion is the fact that other diseases continue to go unnoticed under the very nose of modern medicine.· In a way, though, that limited him and made him out of touch with modern medicine.· However, it was found in nearly all those cancer patients whom modern medicine could not help.· The clinical application of devices or materials which contact blood is of major importance in modern medicine.· That perspective later reappeared as he witnessed what he considered the rampant missteps of modern allopathic medicine.· Are these rules unsuited to modern medicine?· Similarly, the rise of modern medicine developed at the expense of midwives and village healers, most of whom were women.
· Based on the breakthrough, researchers were working to develop new medicines that would specifically target certain kinds of cancer.· The meeting took place in Manhattan a few weeks ago to bring attention to new medicines that are helping schizophrenics avoid hospitalization.· She had been diagnosed the previous summer with congestive heart failure, but for a year a new medicine worked well.· This was the first new class of medicine to be introduced in 40 years for Type I diabetes.· Skill and luck kept the new medicine men alive.
· We therefore should aim at integration rather than separation from orthodox medicine.· Many practitioners of orthodox medicine boggle over the accuracy of reflexology's diagnoses.· It's complementary to orthodox medicine.· In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts.
· Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products, I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.· We are exposed to chemicals everywhere, in oven cleaners, detergents, patent medicines, hair sprays-everywhere.· For instance, he collects on his little card index all references in Wells to feeding, eating, and patent medicines.· Now, when I stopped at the Emporium, I looked at the patent medicine display first.· He had sorted the boxes of patent medicines and stacked them in one corner away from the cartons of collar studs and bootlaces.· The new display focuses primarily on the role of patent medicines from 1870 to 1906.
· We have received clear evidence from opticians in our constituencies that the imposition of charges runs contrary to the concept of preventive medicine.· There exists no preventive medicine for the pain of feeling excluded or underappreciated.· The appointment of John Simon as first Medical Officer heralded the replacement of the grandiose principles of sanitary engineering by preventive medicine.· It was hardly surprising that preventive medicine, and state medicine in particular, refused to give unconditional support to eugenics.· He says physicians should be well-trained in standard medical care and also grounded in preventive medicine and healing alternatives.· Such apathy is indicative of the generally low emphasis and under-investment in health education and preventive medicine in Britain.· Laughter and fun should also be on your preventive medicine shelf.
· Under what circumstances would you use private medicine?
· Public health medicine and purchasing health care Public health medicine is a goal driven medical specialty.· Thus Whitty and Jones argued recently that public health medicine embraces the purchasing role at its peril.
· But for the present, crystal users recommend using their treatment to complement, rather than replace, traditional medicine.· He is among a growing minority of physicians combining the standard care of traditional medicine with certain nontraditional treatments and preventive measures.· Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.· Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.· Also he knows a lot about traditional medicines, which, by the way, I believe in one hundred per cent.· Prevention also plays a central role in traditional medicine with many different practices and prohibitions being part of people's daily life.· Any genuinely popular and empowering health system could not, therefore, ignore or bypass traditional medicine.
· He then went into research in tropical medicine.· The substance of her treatise on the Black Death had been carefully checked with a microbiologist and a specialist in tropical medicine.· Leo would be coming back to New York now to work in a hospital where he could specialize in tropical medicine.
· Harry Wilson, services to veterinary medicine.· His doctorate is in veterinary medicine.· It has been traditionally treated with indigenous veterinary medicine.
· And while there are fundamental differences between Eastern and Western medicine, this is no new age fad.· Officially Mataji could cure anything but perhaps western medicine hurried her along?· This is an insight that western medicine has only recently begun to acknowledge.
NOUN
· There are the cleaning products kept under the sink and a well-stocked medicine cabinet to be explored.· There was a stainless-steel sink, and a mirrored medicine cabinet.· Barbara padded across the carpet to the en-suite bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet above the basin.· By then, it was all over but the trip to the medicine cabinet to find the nearest aspirin bottle.· These kits really are a must for any home medicine cabinet.· Now it seems that Mom has her head in the medicine cabinet and divorce papers in her hand.· A few days later I found some use-them-once plastic hypodermics in the medicine cabinet.· A perusal of the medicine cabinet could have told them that much.
· It was well fitted out, with a formidable medicine chest.· Dana fights his way through the protocol surrounding the medicine chest, has a recipe drawn up, and delivers his balm.· Only, there on its side on top of the medicine chest was an unstoppered bottle.· Both statements agree: Get your vitamins and minerals from your plate, not your medicine chest.· The home medicine chest Every Koi keeper should have one of these, stored in a cool, dark place.· Under his bed he had a complete medicine chest, full of stuff given him by a veterinary friend in Palm Beach.
· Public health medicine and purchasing health care Public health medicine is a goal driven medical specialty.· Thus Whitty and Jones argued recently that public health medicine embraces the purchasing role at its peril.
· On the Reservation, being a medicine man meant literally that these days.· Sioux medicine men collected tiny, glistening pebbles from anthills and used them in medicine rattles.· Hundreds of such carpet-patterns lie folded in the brains of a few medicine men, still ready for ceremonial recreation and use.· Yet medicine during that period was completely different, handled by leech-wielding doctors and medicine men.· Present-day medicine men use wicker baskets and reed arrows.· Forbes is a one-bottle medicine man.· He spoke Navajo and once sang with a Navajo medicine man at the bedside of a sick girl.· Primitive myth comes to us through the kindness of shamans, village elders, witches, warlocks, and medicine men.
VERB
· We had to take jobs with Del Monte, but they didn't pay us enough money to buy medicines as well as food.· You could have come and politely asked me to buy you some medicine.· He often can not afford to buy medicine for his eight children.· I already knew what they would face, having gone to one to buy some medicine for Zali.· But government's interest also lies in buying medicines for the health service at lowest cost.· The health ministry says it is forced to buy more expensive medicines from the big drug manufacturers because of international patent agreements.
· He said he was not given any medicine, and no doctor saw him.· Of course, he'd given up medicine to pursue comedy, but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others.· You can partially relieve muscles sore from coughing by giving simple pain medicine such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen.· Help her! Give her some medicine!· Has this doctor given you any medicine?· We certainly can not afford to give away vouchers for medicine, for No. 2 pencils, for diapers.
· Their ` growth promoters' include drugs that might be needed in medicine.· This time she was told that she needed medicine, and fast.· Why do disable people need medicine?· A practice with more patients needing expensive medicines will be set a larger amount.· Also, there's a great deal of sickness for which we need medicines.· What I needed was medicine, real bad.· For all his invasive tendencies, Boswell does not tell us why Johnson needed medicine.
· The doctors were practicing medicine, which is what society expects that we do.· Bachynsky went back to practicing medicine.· Doctors are not required to practice flawless medicine.· It changed the way they practice medicine somewhat.· Smith has been practicing internal medicine in Mesa since 1976.
· They're carrying placards supporting a doctor who practises environmental medicine.· He was probably the Robert Pemel who obtained an archiepiscopal licence to practise medicine around 1632.
· The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines.· This worker can prescribe and dispense medicine, assuming a major function of a psychiatrist, for less money.· The person who prescribed the medicine may have had homoeopathic experience but was not using homoeopathy in this case.· The amount is not fixed firmly and the doctor will in no circumstances be told to stop prescribing necessary medicines.· Treatment was not merely a matter of prescribing herbal medicines, but a whole regimen which controlled the diet and the life-style.
· Underresourced hospitals struggle to provide medicines and care.· The Urgent Care Center provides industrial medicine and workers' compensation examinations for local companies.· Keep yourself clean from head to foot and provide yourself with opening medicine in case of need.· They harbour some of the world's most endangered wildlife and provide vital food and medicines.
· Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products, I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.· Drug companies also are borrowing techniques used in marketing human drugs to sell pet medicines.· SmithKline could also benefit from Beecham's experience in selling over-the-counter medicines.· They were shopkeepers who sold medicines or cures and established their right to treat the sick during the plague.
· Leaving school at the age of 14 to study medicine, he was apprenticed to a surgeon in Worcester.· They studied herbal medicine as an alternative to the drugs of the medical profession.· Some of them were mature students studying medicine, dentistry, law, engineering.· Daantjie Siebert, told the prison warder that Biko had studied medicine and yoga and was probably faking his injuries.· The prize for successful candidates, a chance to study medicine in the former Czechoslovakia.· Schools in Sao Leopoldo, the parents felt, were sorely lacking, and Joviane wanted to study medicine.· This left my father's parents badly off, but they managed to send him to Oxford, where he studied medicine.· Realising how useful it would be to have a doctor in their band, Magdalena was put to studying medicine.
· He hadn't been changed or taken his medicine.· They can take medicines and watch their diets and living habits.· He sees no need to take medicine.· They were far more likely to take medicine for the sheep which suffered from anthrax, toxaemia and fluke.· Patients whose ability to take medicines is a critical issue could be encouraged to use the same community pharmacy on each occasion.· But many patients taking these medicines continue to have problems controlling their blood-sugar levels.· The Castleford star took medicine for a throat and chest infection before the second Test in Auckland.· She stopped taking the antipsychotic medicine.
· Needle Works Acupuncture is widely used in human alternative medicine.· Herbs have historically been used in medicine to the extent that many are reported to have magical properties.· They are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer and to detect thyroid gland disorders.· Sioux medicine men collected tiny, glistening pebbles from anthills and used them in medicine rattles.· Thereupon the Chief gave me some white, blue, yellow, and shining herbs to use as medicines.· This had evolved from the ancient single red R. gallica and had long been used in medicine.· Many teen-agers mistakenly assume that if they feel well, they can stop using these medicines.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Laughter is the best medicine.
  • A former teacher at Longlands College, Middlesbrough, Pat always believes in laughter as the best medicine for loneliness.
  • Besides, it is the best medicine.
  • Having Louella come and live with me will be the best medicine in the world.
  • Recovery is the best medicine for the market, but it must be sustainable.
► give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine
  • Come on, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, take your medicine.
  • Conradin hated her with all his heart, but he obeyed her quietly and took his medicine without arguing.
  • He and his grandpa took their medicine together, at the same time.
  • He hadn't been changed or taken his medicine.
  • He shut his eyes, held his nose like a kid about to take his medicine, and started to drink.
  • His major problem is that he misses taking his medicine, and he travels too much.
  • Like some one recovering from the flu, she quit taking her medicine as soon as she felt better.
  • Soon after she left the hospital, with a clearer mind, she again stopped taking her medicine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.
  • It works in a totally different way from conventional medicine, which is known to Homoeopathic practitioners as Allopathy.
  • Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.
  • Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
  • Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.
  • This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.
  • And as in folk medicine generally, if you believe it will help, it probably will.
  • GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.
  • Finding a therapist to help you Many complementary therapies exist which are concerned with holistic healing.
  • Herbalism: a holistic treatment involving the use of herbal remedies specifically chosen and blended for different conditions.
  • In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.
  • It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.
  • Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.
  • She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.
  • The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine.
  • The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounmedicalmedicationmedicinemedicadjectivemedicalmedicatedmedicinaladverbmedicallymedicinally
1[countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink:  Medicines should be kept out of the reach of children. Have you been taking your medicine? a medicine bottlemedicine chest/cabinet (=for keeping medicine in) ► Do not say that you ‘drink medicine’. Say that you take medicine.2[uncountable] the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries:  She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University. the remarkable achievements of modern medicine3the best medicine the best way of making you feel better when you are sad:  Laughter is the best medicine.4give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine to treat someone as badly as they have treated you5take your medicine (like a man) to accept an unpleasant situation or a punishment that you deserve, without complainingCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesmodern medicine (=medicine based on science)· Thanks to modern medicine, these babies will survive.conventional/orthodox medicine (=ordinary modern medicine)· Some sufferers reject conventional medicine.Western medicine (=conventional medicine as developed in Western countries)· the scientific basis of Western medicinetraditional medicine (=medical treatments that were used before modern medicine)· The plant was used in traditional medicine for the treatment of stomach problems.alternative/complementary medicine (=medical treatments that are not part of modern medicine)· Various types of alternative medicine, particularly acupuncture, can give pain relief.herbal medicine (=medical treatments that use herbs)· In ancient China, herbal medicine was often used with acupuncture.holistic medicine (=medical treatment of a whole person, not just a particular illness)· One principle of holistic medicine is that each person is unique.folk medicine (=medical treatments that were used by ordinary people, especially in the past)· Researchers are looking at plants that are commonly used in folk medicine.Chinese medicine (=medical treatments that are traditional in China, for example using herbs and acupuncture)· Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine.geriatric/veterinary/tropical etc medicine (=medical study relating to specific groups or types of illness)· Advances have been made in veterinary medicine, so that our pets are living longer, healthier lives.THESAURUSmedicine noun [countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness: · Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.· Has he taken his medicine?pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: · She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.· The doctor gave him some pills.· sleeping pills· diet pills· contraceptive pillstablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: · She’s now on four tablets a day.· a five-day course of tablets· sleeping tablets· anti-malaria tabletsantibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc: · The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.· Why don’t you take some aspirin?· The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: · a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C· I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide – used especially on bottles and containers: · In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: · Remember — if you’re using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.cream noun [countable, uncountable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: · an antibiotic cream· antiseptic cream· skin creamdrug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: · a drug used to treat malaria· There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: · The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.· It’s important to get the dosage right.medication noun [countable, uncountable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: · He takes medication for his diabetes.· She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
随便看

　

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/11/13 8:42:41