MEDICINE


Meaning of MEDICINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ meds(ə)n, AM medɪsɪn ]

( medicines)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Medicine is the treatment of illness and injuries by doctors and nurses.

He pursued a career in medicine...

I was interested in alternative medicine and becoming an aromatherapist...

Psychiatry is an accepted branch of medicine.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Medicine is a substance that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness.

People in hospitals are dying because of shortage of medicine.

...herbal medicines.

N-MASS

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