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Medicine Bre Alternative Cough Noun ˈmedsn ˈmedɪsn Advances

Word medicine
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈmedsn / BrE / ˈmedɪsn /
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  • advances in modern medicine
  • to study/practise medicine
  • traditional/conventional/orthodox medicine
  • alternative medicine
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medicine

(noun)BrE / ˈmedsn / BrE / ˈmedɪsn /
  1. the study and treatment of diseases and injuries
    • see also Ayurvedic medicine
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ayurvedic-medicine
    • advances in modern medicine
    • to study/practise medicine
    • traditional/conventional/orthodox medicine
    • alternative medicine
  2. a substance, especially a liquid that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness
    • Did you take your medicine?
    • cough medicine
    • Chinese herbal 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.

    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.
    • a bottle of cough medicine
    • medicine for a chest infection
    • people practising alternative medicine
    • qualified in traditional Chinese medicine
    • Food and medicines are being airlifted to the flood-hit area.
    • Have you taken your medicine?
    • She gave me a dose of cough medicine.
    • She went on to practise medicine after completing her studies.
    • Supplies of medicine are hard to get hold of during times of war.
    • Which branch of medicine are you going to train in?

    Word Origin

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