medicine spoonn. a spoon for administering medicine, spec. (now chiefly historical) a spoon with a covered bowl and small aperture, designed for giving medicines to children or mentally disturbed patients without spillage.
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1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 377/2 The medicine-spoon invented by Mr. George Gibson.
1864 H. JamesLet. 18 Apr. (1974) I. 52 Naught remained but..the medicine-spoon.
1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 334/1 A pewter Gibson medicine spoon, c1870.