medicine /medˈ(i-)sin or -sən/

1. Any substance used (esp internally) for the treatment or prevention of disease
2. A drug
3. The art or science of prevention, diagnosis, and cure (esp non-surgically) of disease
4. The practice or profession of a physician
5. Remedial punishment
6. In primitive or tribal societies, a supernatural, esp curative, power
7. A thing possessing this, a charm
8. A physician (Shakespeare)

To treat or cure by medicine

medicinable /medˈsin-ə-bl/ adjective

Having a healing power

medicinal /med-isˈi-nl or sometimes med-i-sīˈnl (in Shakespeare, etc, medˈsi-nl)/ (Milton medˈcinal) adjective

1. Used in medicine
2. Curative
3. Relating to medicine
4. Like medicine

A medicinal substance

medicˈinally adverb

mediciner /medˈsin-ər or med-isˈi-nər/ noun (archaic)

A physician

medicinal leech noun

A freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) formerly used for bloodletting

medicine ball noun

A heavy ball tossed and caught for exercise

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