medicine

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Alternative forms

• medicin (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English medicin, from Old French, from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicinus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medeor (“I heal”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ˈmed-ĭ-sĭn, IPA: /ˈmɛ.dɪ.sɪn/
• (UK) enPR: ˈmed-sĭn, IPA: /ˈmɛd.sɪn/

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Noun

medicine (plural medicines)

1. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
2. A treatment or cure.
3. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
4. The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
5. Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
6. (obsolete) black magic, superstition.

Synonyms

• (treatment): regimen, course, program, prescription
• (substance): drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, elixir
• See also Wikisaurus:medicine
• See also Wikisaurus:pharmaceutical

Derived terms

Terms derived from "medicine"

clinical medicine evidence-based medicine medicine ball

medicine dance medicine man medicine show

take one's medicine taste of one's own medicine

Related terms

• medic
• medicament
• medication
• medicate
• medicinal
• premedication

Translations

substance which promotes healing

Afrikaans: medisyne (af) Alabama: aissi Albanian: ilaç (sq) m. Arabic: دواء (ar) (dawā’) m. Aramaic: סמא (sāma) m. Armenian: դեղ (deġ) Breton: louzoù pl. Bulgarian: лекарство (bg) (lekárstvo) n. Chinese: 药 (yào), 药材 (yàocái), 藥物 (yàowù), 药物 (yàowù), 经方 (jīngfāng) Croatian: lijek (hr) m. Czech: lék (cs) m. Danish: medicin (da) c. Dutch: medicijn (nl) n., geneesmiddel (nl) n. Esperanto: kuracilo (eo) Estonian: arstirohi, medikament Ewe: atike n. Finnish: lääke (fi) French: médicament (fr) m. Georgian: წამალი (ka) (camali) German: Arznei (de) f., Medizin (de) f., Medikament (de) n. Greek: Ancient: φαρμάκιον (farmakion) n., φαρμάκευμα (farmakeuma) n., βοήθημα (voithima) n. Modern: φάρμακο (el) (fármako) n. Haitian Creole: medikaman Hebrew: תרופה (trufā) f. Hungarian: gyógyszer (hu), orvosság (hu) Icelandic: lyf (is) n. Italian: medicina (it) f. Japanese: 薬 (ja) (kusuri) Kamba: daawa Khmer: ថ្នាំ (km) (tnam) Kikuyu: ndawa

Korean: 약 (ko) (yak) Kurdish: derman (ku) m., îlac (ku) m., ده‌رمان (ku) Lao: ຢາ (yaa) Latvian: zāles f. pl., medikaments m. Luhya: kamalesi Luxembourgish: Medezin (lb) m. Macedonian: лек (mk) (lek) m., лекарство (mk) (lekárstvo) n. Meru: ndawa Navajo: azeeʼ Neapolitan: 'mmericìna f. Norwegian: legemiddel (no) n., medikament (no) n., medisin (no) m. Persian: دارو (dâru) Polish: lekarstwo (pl) n., lek (pl) m., medykament (pl) m. Portuguese: remédio (pt) m. Romanian: medicament (ro) n. Russian: лекарство (ru) (lekárstvo) n. Scottish Gaelic: leigheas (gd) m., cungaidh (gd) f., ìoc (gd) m. Serbian: lek (sr) m., zdravilo (sr) n. Slovene: zdravilo (sl) n. Sotho: moriana (st) Spanish: medicamento (es) m., medicina (es) f. Swahili: dawa (sw) Swedish: läkemedel (sv) n., medicin (sv) c. Tamil: மருந்து (ta) (marundu) Taos: woléne Telugu: మందు (mandu), ఔషదం (aushadam) Thai: ยา (th) (ya) Turkish: ilaç (tr) Ukrainian: ліки (uk) (líky) m. pl., лік (uk) (lik) m., лікарство (uk) (likárstvo) n.

treatment or cure

Arabic: علاج (ar) m. Armenian: դեղ (deġ) Chinese: 中医, 中醫 (zhōngyī) Czech: lék (cs) m. Ewe: atike n., amatsi n. Finnish: hoito (fi) Georgian: მკურნალობა (ka) (mkurnaloba) Greek: αγωγή (el) (agogí) f. Latvian: ārstēšana f. (process of treatment), ārstniecība f. (treatment in general), izārstēšana f. (treatment with a supposed successful outcome)

Macedonian: лекување (mk) (lekúvanje) n., лек (mk) (lek) m. Romanian: terapie (ro) f., tratament (ro) n. Russian: лечение (ru) (lečénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: leigheas (gd) m. Taos: woléne Thai: การรักษา (th) (kan raksa) Ukrainian: лікування (uk) (likuvánnja) n., лік (uk) (lik) m.

field of study

Albanian: mjekësi (sq) f. Arabic: الطب (ar) (aʈ-ʈíbb) m. Armenian: բժշկություն (bžškut῾yun) Breton: medisinerezh m. Bulgarian: медицина (bg) (meditsina) f. Chinese: 醫學, 医学 (yīxué), 方剂学 (fāngjìxué) Croatian: medicina (hr) f. Czech: lékařství (cs) n. Danish: medicin (da) c. Dutch: geneeskunde (nl) f., artsenij f., medicijnen pl. Esperanto: medicino (eo) Estonian: meditsiin (et) Finnish: lääketiede (fi) French: médecine (fr) f. German: Medizin (de) f. Greek: ιατρική (el) (iatriki) f. Hebrew: רפואה (refuʾā) f. Hungarian: orvostudomány (hu), orvostan (hu) Icelandic: læknisfræði (is) f. Italian: medicina (it) f., clinica (it) f.

Japanese: 医学 (いがく, igaku) Korean: 의학 (ko) Kurdish: tib (ku) f. Latvian: medicīna f. Macedonian: медицина (mk) (medicína) f. Neapolitan: 'mmericìna f. Norwegian: medisin (no) m. Persian: پزشکی (pezeški), طب Polish: medycyna (pl) f. Portuguese: medicina (pt) f. Romanian: medicină (ro) Russian: медицина (ru) (medicína) f. Scottish Gaelic: eòlas-leigheas (gd) m. Slovene: medicina (sl) f. Spanish: medicina (es) f. Swedish: medicin (sv) c., läkarvetenskap (sv) c., läkekonst (sv) c. Telugu: వైద్యం (vaidyam) Thai: แพทยศาสตร์ (th) (phaetthayasat) Ukrainian: медицина (uk) (medycýna) f. Volapük: medinav (vo)

profession

Arabic: الطب (ar) m. Czech: lékařství (cs) n. Dutch: artsenij f., geneeskunde Greek: ιατρική (el) (iatriki) f.

Latvian: medicīna f. Scottish Gaelic: leigheas (gd) m. Thai: แพทย์ (th) (phaet) Ukrainian: медицина (uk) (medycýna) f.

ritual Native American magic

Alabama: apofka Danish: medicin (da) Dutch: medicijn (nl) n.

Hungarian: varázsszer (hu) Macedonian: вражење (mk) (vráženje) n., вражба (mk) (vrážba) f.

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Albanian: bar m., ilaç m. Breton: mezegiezh f. Catalan: medicament m. Hindi: दवाई (davāī)

Indonesian: obat Marathi: औषद (oušad) Romanian: leac m. and f. Swahili: dawa, madawa pl (noun 5,6) (1,2) Tamil: ஔடதம் (auṭatam) Tok Pisin: marasin

See also

• therapy
• panacaea

References

• Prescription Desk Reference, Prescription Drug Information:
• “medicine” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "medicine" in the Merriam-Webster On-line dictionary
• "medicine" in the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia, Helicon Publishing LTD 2007.
• medicine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• medicine at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Noun

medicine f.

1. Plural form of medicina.

Anagrams

• endemici

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French medecine, with the i added back to reflect the original Latin medicina.

Noun

medicine f. (uncountable)

1. medicine (act of practising medical treatment)

Descendants

• French: médecine