transitive verb.
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
transitive verb.
To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
noun.
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
noun.
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
noun.
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
noun.
A physician.
noun.
a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities.