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MEDICINE
- A compound or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease, esp. a drug or drugs taken by mouth
- Such substances collectively
- (among North American Indians and some other peoples) A spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power
- to administer medicine (a substance used in the treatment of disease) to [v MEDICINED, MEDICINES, MEDICINING]
- The science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery)
- to treat with a substance to heal, prevent or cure [v MEDICINED, MEDICINING, MEDICINES]