5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Medicine \Med"i*cine\, noun [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See {Medical}.] 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. 2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic. By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak. 3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. --F. H. Giddings. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. Short for {Medicine man}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Medicine bag}, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. {Medicine man} (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman. {Medicine seal}, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Medicine \Med"i*cine\, verb (used with an object) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. ''Medicine thee to that sweet sleep.'' --Shak. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: medicine noun 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques [syn: {medical specialty}] 2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: {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" [syn: {practice of medicine}] 4: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" [syn: {music}] verb: treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: {medicate}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 103 Moby Thesaurus words for "medicine": anatomy, anesthesiology, audiology, bacteriology, balm, balsam, cardiology, chiropody, corpse reviver, cure, cure-all, dental surgery, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostics, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, embryology, endocrinology, epidemiology, ethical drug, etiology, exodontics, firewater, fluoroscopy, generic name, geriatrics, gerontology, healing arts, hematology, herbs, hooch, hygiene, immunochemistry, immunology, inhalant, internal medicine, likker, lincture, linctus, materia medica, medical care, medical treatment, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicines, mental hygiene, mixture, mycology, neurology, neurosurgery, nonprescription drug, nostrum, nutrition, obstetrics, officinal, ophthalmology, optometry, orthodontics, otolaryngology, otology, panacea, patent medicine, pathology, periodontics, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, physical medicine, powder, preparation, prescription, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, radiology, remedy, sauce, semeiology, serology, simples, snake medicine, surgery, symptomatology, syrup, teratology, therapeusis, therapeutics, theraputant, therapy, tiger milk, tisane, treatment, vegetable remedies From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MEDICINE, noun A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

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