medicine has definitions from the fields of medicine,work,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (medicine) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

Electronics has been applied to medicine for many years in the form of such familiar equipment as the x-ray_machine , the electrocardiograph , and the diathermy_machine .

In medicine the frequencies are much higher , transducers and the sonar beams themselves are much smaller , and different scanning techniques may be used , but the principles involved are the same as in sonar .

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

At 12 , Hans was sufficiently mature to help his father in the apothecary shop , which helped stimulate his interest in medicine and science .

While Hans devoted himself to the sciences of medicine , physics , and astronomy , his brother studied law .

He completed his training in pharmacy also , taking his degree with high honors in 1797 , and in 1799 was awarded the degree of Doctor_of_Philosophy along with a prize for an essay in medicine .

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[ noun ] (medicine,work) 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

Examples

"he studied medicine at Harvard"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

The charge : violation of the California Medical_Practices Act by practicing medicine without a license and selling misbranded drugs .

When authorities convicted him of practicing medicine without a license ( he got_off with a suspended sentence of three years because of his advanced age of 77 ) , one of his victims was not around to testify : He was dead of cancer .

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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

The sick were always receiving medicines .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

There are , he thought , so few true means of forgetfulness in this life that why should he shun the medicine even when the medicine seemed , as it did , a_little crude ?

There are , he thought , so few true means of forgetfulness in this life that why should he shun the medicine even when the medicine seemed , as it did , a_little crude ?

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[ verb ] treat medicinally, treat with medicine

Synonyms

medicate

Related terms

treat drug salve medication

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[ noun ] punishment for one's actions

Synonyms

music

Examples

"you have to face the music" "take your medicine"

Related terms

punishment venesect vet

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