► medicine a substance used for treating illness: Medicines should be kept out of children’s reach. Have you been taking your medicine?
► pill/tablet/capsule a small hard piece of medicine that you swallow: Take two pills in the morning and two at night.
► eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: The doctor gave me eye drops to help with my allergies.
► drug a medicine, or a substance for making medicines: The researchers are testing a new drug for treating breast cancer.
► medication medicine that a person takes over a period of time for a particular illness. Medication sounds more formal than medicine: He’s on medication for his heart.
► remedy a medicine or treatment for an illness or pain that is not very serious: Lemon and honey in hot water is a good remedy for a sore throat.
► dosage the amount of medicine that you should take: The usual dosage is 200 to 400 mg.
► prescription a type of medicine that a doctor says you should take, or the piece of paper on which a doctor writes this down: The doctor wrote her a prescription for antibiotics.
► pharmaceutical formal a medicine or drug: There are effective pharmaceuticals for mental illnesses.