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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2476 COCA: 1473

medicine

medicine /ˈmɛdəsən/ Brit /ˈmɛdsən/ noun
plural medicines
medicine
/ˈmɛdəsən/ Brit /ˈmɛdsən/
noun
plural medicines
Learner's definition of MEDICINE
: a substance that is used in treating disease or relieving pain and that is usually in the form of a pill or a liquid药片;药剂
[count]
[noncount]
[noncount] : the science that deals with preventing, curing, and treating diseases医学
see also internal medicine, socialized medicine, sports medicine, western medicine

a taste/dose of your own medicine

informal
: harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment you have given other people罪有应得;一报还一报;因果报应

take your medicine

informal
: to accept something that is unpleasant because it is necessary and cannot be avoided接受应得的惩罚;受到报应
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2476 COCA: 1473

medicine

noun

med·​i·​cine ˈme-di-sən How to pronounce medicine (audio)
British usually
ˈmed-sən How to pronounce medicine (audio)
1
a
: a substance or preparation used in treating disease
cough medicine
b
: something that affects well-being
he's bad medicine Zane Grey
2
a
: the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease
She's interested in a career in medicine.
b
: the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of disease
3
: a substance (such as a drug or potion) used to treat something other than disease
4
: an object held in traditional American Indian belief to give control over natural or magical forces
also : magical power or a magical rite
medicine transitive verb

Example Sentences

He forgot to take his medicine. Did you look in the medicine cabinet for a pain reliever? Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine. She's interested in a career in medicine.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin medicina, from feminine of medicinus of a physician, from medicus

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of medicine was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2476 COCA: 1473
medicine

noun¹

1science of treating/preventing illness醫學ADJECTIVE | VERB + MEDICINE | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmodern現代醫學advances in modern medicine現代醫學的進步traditional傳統醫學qualified in traditional Chinese medicine具備中醫行醫資格folk民間醫學Garlic was widely used in folk medicine.大蒜在民間療法中被廣泛應用。conventional, orthodox常規/正統醫學alternative, complementary, holistic, homeopathic, naturopathic, etc.另類療法、補充療法、整體醫療、順勢療法、自然療法等preventative, preventive預防醫學academic, clinical, forensic, scientific理論醫學;臨牀醫學;法醫學;科學醫學family, general家庭醫學;一般內科She gave up general medicine to specialize in geriatrics.她放棄了內科學,專攻老年醫學。geriatric, internal, obstetric, paediatric/pediatric, veterinary, etc.老年醫學、內科學、產科學、兒科醫學、獸醫學等Ayurvedic, Chinese, Oriental, Western阿育吠陀醫學;中醫;東方醫學;西醫private, public-health, socialized (especially NAmE) 私營/公共衞生/公費醫療She believed private medicine was a threat to the existence of the National Health Service.她認為私營醫療對國民保健制度構成了威脅。VERB + MEDICINEtrain in接受醫學培訓qualify in具備行醫資格practise/practice行醫people practising alternative medicine從事另類療法的人PHRASESa branch of medicine醫學的一個分支 note at subject (for more verbs and nouns)
medicine

noun²

2substance taken to treat an illness藥物ADJECTIVE | ... OF MEDICINE | VERB + MEDICINE | MEDICINE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpowerful, strong強效藥allergy, cough, etc.過敏藥、咳嗽藥等a bottle of cough medicine一瓶咳嗽藥anti-inflammatory, antiviral, etc.消炎藥、抗病毒藥等botanical, herbal草藥prescription處方藥non-prescription, over-the-counter非處方藥... OF MEDICINEdose一劑藥VERB + MEDICINEtake吃藥swallow把藥吞下prescribe (sb)(為某人)開藥administer, give sb(給某人)用藥dispense分發藥物treat sb with用藥物治療某人MEDICINE + NOUNcabinet, chest藥櫃;藥箱bottle, dropper藥瓶;藥用滴管PREPOSITIONmedicine for治療⋯的藥medicine for a chest infection治療胸部感染的藥

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