Synonyms for medicine
ˈmɛd ə sɪn; esp. Brit. ˈmɛd sənmedicine

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1. medicinenoun

   A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.

   Synonyms:
   prescription, regimen, elixir, course, program, pharmaceutical, drug

2. medicinenoun

   A treatment or cure.

   Synonyms:
   regimen, course, pharmaceutical, drug, program, prescription, elixir

3. medicinenoun

   The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

   Synonyms:
   prescription, regimen, course, program, pharmaceutical, elixir, drug

4. medicinenoun

   The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.

   Synonyms:
   regimen, prescription, elixir, drug, pharmaceutical, course, program

5. medicinenoun

   Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.

   Synonyms:
   elixir, regimen, prescription, pharmaceutical, course, drug, program

6. medicinenoun

   black magic, superstition.

   Synonyms:
   program, drug, elixir, prescription, course, regimen, pharmaceutical

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. medicine

   Synonyms:
   remedy, physic, antidote, therapeutics, salve, cure, corrective

   Antonyms:
   aggravation, poison, virus, bane

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1. medicine, medical specialtynoun

   the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

2. medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drugnoun

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

3. medicine, practice of medicinenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

4. music, medicineverb

   punishment for one's actions

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

   Synonyms:
   practice of medicine, euphony, medical specialty, medicinal drug, medicament, music, medication

5. medicate, medicineverb

   treat medicinally, treat with medicine

   Synonyms:
   medicate

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1. antitode

   it reverse the adverse effect solution to a problem

   the poison's can be unaffected witha antitode

   Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   drug, physic, medicament, remedy, NOSTRUM

2. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   healing art

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1. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   materia medica, medicament, remedy, restorative, corrective, specific, physic, antidote, tonic, panacea, nostrum

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1. List of paraphrases for "medicine":

   medical, medicines, médecine, drug, drugs, medicina, medication, medizin, medications, cure, pharmaceutical, physician, medicinal, physicians, pharmaceuticals

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1. Paula Johnson:

   The entire field of sex and gender-based medicine is so underrecognized as an important lens through which to consider science, care and how we think about exposure to health risks, there’s a huge amount of work to do.

2. Dan Skovronsky:

   The more antibodies are mixed together, higher doses, the more difficult it is to manufacture, but if it has to be two antibodies, higher doses, or even three antibodies mixed together at higher doses, we'll do whatever it takes to make effective medicine for patients.

3. Madison Young:

   She said, ‘Hi Ava.’ I said, ‘I’m not Ava,’ but then she still proceeded to give me the medicine.

4. Rosie Beltren:

   Most important for me : health care. A lot of people need it, last week I bought one medicine, only one. $ 248.

5. Melissa Etheridge:

   When I hold it without shame or confusion, then they can understand it as simple as if I was pointing to a bottle of Percocet and said, ‘That’s Mama’s medicine.’ You take the naughtiness out of it, and it’s not something that kids run to.