medicine
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(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; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
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Synonyms: practice of medicine |
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Related Words: alternative medicine, complementary medicine, learned profession, preventive medicine |
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(noun) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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Synonyms: medicament, medication, medicinal drug |
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Related Words: APC, AZT, Antabuse, Atromid-S, Carafate, Drixoral, Imuran, Inocor, Lithane, Lithonate, Mecholyl, Mevacor, Zovirax, Zyloprim, acyclovir, allopurinol, amrinone, analgesic, anodyne, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, antibiotic, antibiotic drug, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, antimalarial, antimalarial drug, antipsychotic, antipsychotic drug, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, antitussive, antiviral, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug, aperient, astringent, astringent drug, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, azidothymidine, beta blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium blocker, camphorated tincture of opium, carminative, cataplasm, cathartic, clofibrate, clot buster, counterirritant, curative, cure, cytotoxic drug, demulcent, depressant, diaphoretic, disulfiram, dose, downer, drug, emetic, ethical drug, expectorant, febrifuge, helminthic, histamine blocker, immunogen, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, inhalant, laxative, lithium carbonate, lovastatin, methacholine, muscle relaxant, nauseant, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, pain pill, painkiller, papaverine, paregoric, patent medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, placebo, plaster, poultice, powder, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicien, purgative, quinine, relaxant, remedy, restorative, rubefacient, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, spasmolytic, specific, styptic, sucralfate, suppository, thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent, tincture, tonic, tracer, vasodilator, vermifuge, vomit, vomitive, wonder drug, zidovudine |
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(noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Related Words: allergology, anesthesiology, angiology, bacteriology, biomedicine, cardiology, chiropody, clinical neurology, dental medicine, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostics, endocrinology, epidemiology, general medicine, geriatrics, gerontology, gynaecology, gynecology, haematology, hematology, hygiene, hygienics, immunochemistry, immunology, internal medicine, materia medica, medical science, midwifery, neurology, neuropsychiatry, nosology, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, otology, paediatrics, pediatrics, pharmaceutics, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy, podiatry, proctology, psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, rheumatology, space medicine, therapeutics, tocology, urogenital medicine, urology, veterinary medicine, virology |
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(verb) treat medicinally, treat with medicine |
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Synonyms: medicate |
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Related Words: care for, dose, drug, salve, treat |
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(noun) punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" |
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Synonyms: music |
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Related Words: penalization, penalty, punishment |
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