Medicine

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  • noun. The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
  • noun. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
  • noun. The practice of medicine.
  • noun. A substance, especially a drug, used to treat the signs and symptoms of a disease, condition, or injury.
  • noun. Something that serves as a remedy or corrective.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Shamanistic practices or beliefs, especially among Native Americans.
  • noun. Something, such as a ritual practice or sacred object, believed to control natural or supernatural powers or serve as a preventive or remedy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To treat or affect medicinally; work upon or cure by or as if by medicine.
  • noun. A substance used as a remedy for disease; a substance having or supposed to have curative properties; hence, figuratively, anything that has a curative or remedial effect.
  • noun. The art of preventing, curing, or alleviating diseases and remedying as far as possible the results of violence and accident.
  • noun. Something which is supposed to possess curative, supernatural, or mysterious power; any object used or any ceremony performed as a charm: an English equivalent for terms used among American Indians and other savage tribes.
  • noun. A physician.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
  • noun. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
  • noun. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic.
  • noun. A philter or love potion.
  • noun. A physician.
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  • noun. Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert.
  • noun. Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
  • noun. Short for Medicine man.
  • noun. Intoxicating liquor; drink.
  • noun. a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them.
  • noun. a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
  • noun. a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
  • noun. A treatment or cure.
  • noun. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
  • noun. The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
  • noun. Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
  • noun. black magic, superstition.
  • verb. To treat with medicine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. treat medicinally, treat with medicine
  • noun. the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
  • noun. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
  • noun. punishment for one's actions
  • noun. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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