1. The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   - medical specialty 
2. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
   - medication, medicament, medicinal drug 
3. 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"
   - practice of medicine 
4. Punishment for one's actions
   "take your medicine"
   - music [archaic]

1. Treat medicinally, treat with medicine
   - medicate

Derived forms: medicines, medicined, medicining

See also: medical, medicate, medicinal, medicolegal, premedical

Type of: care for, drug, learned profession, medical science, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, treat

Encyclopedia: Medicine, Medieval Islamic Medicine, Medieval Western Medicine, Traditional - China Medicine Medicine, Conflict and Survival Medicine, History of Medicine, Unani Medicine, tibetan traditional Medicine, traditional Medicine, unani Medicine, ayurvedic Medicine, chinese traditional Medicine, kampo

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