English · Body & Health
medicine
/ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/
[/ˈmed.ɪ.sɪn/]
treatment substance
Beginnernoun
Definition
A substance taken to treat or prevent illness, or the science of healing.
Example
The doctor prescribed a medicine to bring down his fever.
The doctor prescribed a medicine to bring down his fever.
Etymology
From Latin 'medicina', from 'medicus' meaning doctor.
How & Where It’s Used
Means both the drug and the whole field of healing.