transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-də-sən, Britain usually ]
ˈmed-sən noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin medicina, from feminine of medicinus of a physician, from medicus
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a substance or preparation used in treating disease
b. : something that affects well-being
2.
a. : the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease
b. : the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of disease
3. : a substance (as a drug or potion) used to treat something other than disease
4. : an object held in traditional American Indian belief to give control over natural or magical forces ; also : magical power or a magical rite
• medicine transitive verb