as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Dalton is an E.R. doctor who writes about health and medicine.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
Evan Lam, who aspires to study medicine at UC Irvine, often acts as his mom’s Disney ears style arbiter.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Indianapolis facility includes a manufacturing plant that will begin producing drugs in 2026 and a site that represents the largest investment to make active pharmaceutical ingredients for synthetic medicines in the country's history.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Rights & Permissions Tanya Lewis is a senior editor covering health and medicine at Scientific American.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
Evan Lam, who aspires to study medicine at UC Irvine, often acts as his mom’s Disney ears style arbiter.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Indianapolis facility includes a manufacturing plant that will begin producing drugs in 2026 and a site that represents the largest investment to make active pharmaceutical ingredients for synthetic medicines in the country's history.
—Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
Noun
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There are ways to manage allergy symptoms without taking medications.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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The medication was started at a dose of 500 mg/day and increased to 2,000 mg/day over six weeks to reduce gastrointestinal side effects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Authorities uncovered drugs, including pink cocaine, as well as evidence of prostitution and multiple firearms during the operation, according to the DEA.—
Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu , Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Bryce Hodgson's comedic S1 turn as Major's roommate in the mental institution, Scott E., was so memorable that the writers brought the actor back to play twin brother Don E., part of Blaine's drug (and brain) dealing enterprise.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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