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Medicine Modern Chinese Noun ˈmedsn ˈmedɪsn Advances Study/Practise

Word3 medicine
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈmedsn/ /ˈmedɪsn/
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  • advances in modern medicine
  • to study/practise medicine
  • a professor of medicine
  • conventional/orthodox medicine
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medicine

(noun)/ˈmedsn/ /ˈmedɪsn/
  1. the study and treatment of diseases and injuries
    • SEE ALSO alternative medicine
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/alternative-medicine
    • advances in modern medicine
    • to study/practise medicine
    • a professor of medicine
    • conventional/orthodox medicine
    • alternative/complementary medicine
    • Acupuncture has long been a part of traditional Chinese medicine.
    • a rapidly developing field of medicine
    • There is a greater emphasis on preventive medicine.

    Extra Examples

    • She believed private medicine was a threat to the existence of the National Health Service.
    • She gave up general medicine to specialize in geriatric medicine.
    • Modern medicine has not yet found a cure for the common cold.
    • They are qualified in traditional Chinese medicine.
    • She went on to practise medicine after completing her studies.
    • Which branch of medicine are you going to train in?
    • Western medicine became widespread during the Soviet period.
  2. a substance that you take in order to cure an illness, especially a liquid that you drink or swallow
    • SEE ALSO cough medicine
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cough-mixture#cough_mixture_vg_2
    • Did you take your medicine?
    • Your doctor can prescribe medicine to ease your symptoms.
    • She gave me a dose of cough medicine.
    • Chinese herbal medicines
    • It's a medicine used to combat diarrhoea.

    Extra Examples

    • medicine for a chest infection
    • Supplies of medicine are hard to get hold of during times of war.
    • Food and medicines are being airlifted to the flood-hit area.
    • We should not stop offering our pets veterinary medicines.
  3. the best way of improving a situation, especially of making you feel happier
    • Laughter is the best medicine.
  4. the same bad treatment that you have given to others
    • Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: via Old French from Latin medicina, from medicus ‘physician’.
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