English Dictionary

medicine

/ˈmɛdɪs(ɪ)n/

noun

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug. / (broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.

I need to take my medicine every morning.

意味（1）

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.

意味（2）

(broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.

A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?

意味（3）

(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

意味（5）

(mainly historical, uncountable) The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons.

the evolving relationship of medicine to surgery in the nineteenth century

意味（6）

(uncountable) Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine.

意味（7）

Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.

The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Black magic, superstition.

意味（9）

(obsolete) A philter or love potion.

If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged. It could not be else. I have drunk medicines.

意味（10）

(obsolete) A physician.

I have seen a medicine / That's able to breathe life into a stone

意味（11）

(slang) Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.