medicine

medicine
    n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical
         techniques [syn: {medicine}, {medical specialty}]
    2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates
       the symptoms of disease [syn: {medicine}, {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: {medicine}, {practice of
       medicine}]
    4: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music";
       "take your medicine" [syn: {music}, {medicine}]
    v 1: treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: {medicate},
         {medicine}]
    

Physic \Phys"ic\ (f[i^]z"[i^]k), n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF.
   phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L.
   physica, physice, fr. Gr. fysikh`, fr. fysiko`s natural, from
   fy`sis nature, fr. fy`ein to produce, grow, akin to E. be.
   See {Be}, and cf. {Physics}, {Physique}.]
   1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
      theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term,
      superseded by {medicine}. [archaic] "A doctor of physik."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
      sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
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   3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
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   4. A physician. [R.] --Shak.
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   {Physic nut} (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous
      tree ({Jatropha Curcas}), and its seeds, which are well
      flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them
      dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
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Medicine \Med"i*cine\, v. t.
   To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
   to cure. "Medicine thee to that sweet sleep." --Shak.
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Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [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.
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   2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
      remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
      medicament; a remedy; physic.
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            By medicine, life may be prolonged.   --Shak.
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   3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   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.
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                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.
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      (b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
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   6. Short for {Medicine man}.
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   7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
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   {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.
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MEDICINE, n.  A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
    

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      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