MEDICINE


Meaning of MEDICINE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English

The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.

a prescription drug/medicine

Not everyone can afford the cost of prescription drugs.

alternative medicine/therapies (= medical treatment that is not based on the usual western methods )

Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners of alternative medicine.

Ayurvedic medicine

Chinese medicine

clinical medicine/experience/training etc (= medicine etc that deals directly with people, rather than with research or ideas )

complementary medicine

acupuncture and other types of complementary medicines

cough medicine/cough mixture/cough syrup (= liquid containing medicine for a cough )

You should take some cough medicine.

forensic evidence/science/medicine etc

Forensic experts found traces of blood in the car.

a career in forensic science

a forensic pathologist

herbal medicine

internal medicine

medicine man

patent medicine

preventive medicine

private medicine

socialized medicine

tropical diseases/medicine (= diseases that are common in hot countries or the study of these diseases )

western medicine

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

alternative

Needle Works Acupuncture is widely used in human alternative medicine .

Clinical ecology is one of the more controversial forms of alternative medicine .

It must be stressed that there are important differences between stage hypnotism and the techniques used in alternative medicine .

There are so many forms of alternative medicine and there's no doubt it's getting more popular.

We can not dismiss claims about, say, alternative medicine or acupuncture a priori.

Tony Smith claims that the purpose of our newsletter is to support alternative medicine .

In Homoeopathy and many other types of alternative medicine the patient's illness is placed in a much larger context.

Unorthodox or alternative medicine was not on trial.

clinical

Differences between clinical medicine and public health in their views on quality assurance are also illustrated.

Some of them are potent ganglion blocking agents and were introduced into clinical medicine , but they had grave disadvantages.

The reports illustrate the tensions between clinical medicine and public health in the formulation of health policy.

The objective is to provide the student with a basic knowledge of normal human biology with aspects relevant to clinical medicine .

complementary

The rift between conventional and complementary medicine has had many harmful effects.

The practices of complementary medicine fall roughly into the following categories: 1.

So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?

In my view, scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine .

Such developments are paving the way to rapprochement between conventional and complementary medicine .

Most forms of complementary medicine are framed in terms of traditional medical systems from other cultures.

Today many physicians admit that complementary medicine has some potential and deserves a fair trial.

conventional

This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.

Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.

The rift between conventional and complementary medicine has had many harmful effects.

In my view, scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine .

Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.

Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.

Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.

Such developments are paving the way to rapprochement between conventional and complementary medicine .

forensic

When she'd first qualified in forensic medicine he'd been a young sergeant.

good

Good nursing is the essential complement to good medicine .

But, because of better medicine and nutrition, people live longer and their money may run out before they do.

Yes, crushed apple was a very good medicine when properly blended with glucose and sterile milk for small stomachs.

Having Louella come and live with me will be the best medicine in the world.

This year you're receiving a rare double dose of the best heavenly medicine .

Uncle Billy Watson doeth good like a medicine , he thought, paraphrasing the scriptures.

Recovery is the best medicine for the market, but it must be sustainable.

A former teacher at Longlands College, Middlesbrough, Pat always believes in laughter as the best medicine for loneliness.

herbal

Other herbal medicines should be regarded with greater caution.

They studied herbal medicine as an alternative to the drugs of the medical profession.

There's a large dramatically-styled amphitheatre and a small clinic with herbal medicines .

Organic foods, herbal medicines , and handmade goods were preferred to their industrially produced counterparts.

Some herbal medicines may be safe; others may interact with other medication you are taking.

Bloodletting is popular among the doctors and apothecaries, but herbal medicine , witchcraft and spells are rampant in the general population.

The widow, a Quaker, would seem to have been a devotee of herbal medicine and various other quack cures.

The good doctor Guruji treats madness with herbal medicine in a village near Delhi.

holistic

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.

Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.

She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.

The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.

The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine .

internal

Smith has been practicing internal medicine in Mesa since 1976.

Physicians trained in internal medicine are attached and function as consultants.

modern

The concerns of older people about their future health care probably reflect beliefs about modern medicine and priorities within the medical profession.

Underscoring this notion is the fact that other diseases continue to go unnoticed under the very nose of modern medicine .

In a way, though, that limited him and made him out of touch with modern medicine .

However, it was found in nearly all those cancer patients whom modern medicine could not help.

The clinical application of devices or materials which contact blood is of major importance in modern medicine .

That perspective later reappeared as he witnessed what he considered the rampant missteps of modern allopathic medicine .

Are these rules unsuited to modern medicine ?

Similarly, the rise of modern medicine developed at the expense of midwives and village healers, most of whom were women.

new

Based on the breakthrough, researchers were working to develop new medicines that would specifically target certain kinds of cancer.

The meeting took place in Manhattan a few weeks ago to bring attention to new medicines that are helping schizophrenics avoid hospitalization.

She had been diagnosed the previous summer with congestive heart failure, but for a year a new medicine worked well.

This was the first new class of medicine to be introduced in 40 years for Type I diabetes.

Skill and luck kept the new medicine men alive.

orthodox

We therefore should aim at integration rather than separation from orthodox medicine .

Many practitioners of orthodox medicine boggle over the accuracy of reflexology's diagnoses.

It's complementary to orthodox medicine .

In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts.

patent

Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products, I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.

We are exposed to chemicals everywhere, in oven cleaners, detergents, patent medicines , hair sprays-everywhere.

For instance, he collects on his little card index all references in Wells to feeding, eating, and patent medicines .

Now, when I stopped at the Emporium, I looked at the patent medicine display first.

He had sorted the boxes of patent medicines and stacked them in one corner away from the cartons of collar studs and bootlaces.

The new display focuses primarily on the role of patent medicines from 1870 to 1906.

preventive

We have received clear evidence from opticians in our constituencies that the imposition of charges runs contrary to the concept of preventive medicine .

There exists no preventive medicine for the pain of feeling excluded or underappreciated.

The appointment of John Simon as first Medical Officer heralded the replacement of the grandiose principles of sanitary engineering by preventive medicine .

It was hardly surprising that preventive medicine , and state medicine in particular, refused to give unconditional support to eugenics.

He says physicians should be well-trained in standard medical care and also grounded in preventive medicine and healing alternatives.

Such apathy is indicative of the generally low emphasis and under-investment in health education and preventive medicine in Britain.

Laughter and fun should also be on your preventive medicine shelf.

private

Under what circumstances would you use private medicine ?

public

Public health medicine and purchasing health care Public health medicine is a goal driven medical specialty.

Thus Whitty and Jones argued recently that public health medicine embraces the purchasing role at its peril.

traditional

But for the present, crystal users recommend using their treatment to complement, rather than replace, traditional medicine .

He is among a growing minority of physicians combining the standard care of traditional medicine with certain nontraditional treatments and preventive measures.

Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.

Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.

Also he knows a lot about traditional medicines , which, by the way, I believe in one hundred per cent.

Prevention also plays a central role in traditional medicine with many different practices and prohibitions being part of people's daily life.

Any genuinely popular and empowering health system could not, therefore, ignore or bypass traditional medicine .

tropical

He then went into research in tropical medicine .

The substance of her treatise on the Black Death had been carefully checked with a microbiologist and a specialist in tropical medicine .

Leo would be coming back to New York now to work in a hospital where he could specialize in tropical medicine .

veterinary

Harry Wilson, services to veterinary medicine .

His doctorate is in veterinary medicine .

It has been traditionally treated with indigenous veterinary medicine .

western

And while there are fundamental differences between Eastern and Western medicine , this is no new age fad.

Officially Mataji could cure anything but perhaps western medicine hurried her along?

This is an insight that western medicine has only recently begun to acknowledge.

■ NOUN

cabinet

There are the cleaning products kept under the sink and a well-stocked medicine cabinet to be explored.

There was a stainless-steel sink, and a mirrored medicine cabinet .

Barbara padded across the carpet to the en-suite bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet above the basin.

By then, it was all over but the trip to the medicine cabinet to find the nearest aspirin bottle.

These kits really are a must for any home medicine cabinet .

Now it seems that Mom has her head in the medicine cabinet and divorce papers in her hand.

A few days later I found some use-them-once plastic hypodermics in the medicine cabinet .

A perusal of the medicine cabinet could have told them that much.

chest

It was well fitted out, with a formidable medicine chest .

Dana fights his way through the protocol surrounding the medicine chest , has a recipe drawn up, and delivers his balm.

Only, there on its side on top of the medicine chest was an unstoppered bottle.

Both statements agree: Get your vitamins and minerals from your plate, not your medicine chest .

The home medicine chest Every Koi keeper should have one of these, stored in a cool, dark place.

Under his bed he had a complete medicine chest , full of stuff given him by a veterinary friend in Palm Beach.

health

Public health medicine and purchasing health care Public health medicine is a goal driven medical specialty.

Thus Whitty and Jones argued recently that public health medicine embraces the purchasing role at its peril.

man

On the Reservation, being a medicine man meant literally that these days.

Sioux medicine men collected tiny, glistening pebbles from anthills and used them in medicine rattles.

Hundreds of such carpet-patterns lie folded in the brains of a few medicine men , still ready for ceremonial recreation and use.

Yet medicine during that period was completely different, handled by leech-wielding doctors and medicine men .

Present-day medicine men use wicker baskets and reed arrows.

Forbes is a one-bottle medicine man .

He spoke Navajo and once sang with a Navajo medicine man at the bedside of a sick girl.

Primitive myth comes to us through the kindness of shamans, village elders, witches, warlocks, and medicine men .

■ VERB

buy

We had to take jobs with Del Monte, but they didn't pay us enough money to buy medicines as well as food.

You could have come and politely asked me to buy you some medicine .

He often can not afford to buy medicine for his eight children.

I already knew what they would face, having gone to one to buy some medicine for Zali.

But government's interest also lies in buying medicines for the health service at lowest cost.

The health ministry says it is forced to buy more expensive medicines from the big drug manufacturers because of international patent agreements.

give

He said he was not given any medicine , and no doctor saw him.

Of course, he'd given up medicine to pursue comedy, but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others.

You can partially relieve muscles sore from coughing by giving simple pain medicine such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen.

Help her! Give her some medicine !

Has this doctor given you any medicine ?

We certainly can not afford to give away vouchers for medicine , for No. 2 pencils, for diapers.

need

Their ` growth promoters' include drugs that might be needed in medicine .

This time she was told that she needed medicine , and fast.

Why do disable people need medicine ?

A practice with more patients needing expensive medicines will be set a larger amount.

Also, there's a great deal of sickness for which we need medicines .

What I needed was medicine , real bad.

For all his invasive tendencies, Boswell does not tell us why Johnson needed medicine .

practice

The doctors were practicing medicine , which is what society expects that we do.

Bachynsky went back to practicing medicine .

Doctors are not required to practice flawless medicine .

It changed the way they practice medicine somewhat.

Smith has been practicing internal medicine in Mesa since 1976.

practise

They're carrying placards supporting a doctor who practises environmental medicine .

He was probably the Robert Pemel who obtained an archiepiscopal licence to practise medicine around 1632.

prescribe

The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines .

This worker can prescribe and dispense medicine , assuming a major function of a psychiatrist, for less money.

The person who prescribed the medicine may have had homoeopathic experience but was not using homoeopathy in this case.

The amount is not fixed firmly and the doctor will in no circumstances be told to stop prescribing necessary medicines .

Treatment was not merely a matter of prescribing herbal medicines , but a whole regimen which controlled the diet and the life-style.

provide

Underresourced hospitals struggle to provide medicines and care.

The Urgent Care Center provides industrial medicine and workers' compensation examinations for local companies.

Keep yourself clean from head to foot and provide yourself with opening medicine in case of need.

They harbour some of the world's most endangered wildlife and provide vital food and medicines .

sell

Taken on to sell insurance, patent medicines and beauty products, I sold my own animals and bought an old bicycle.

Drug companies also are borrowing techniques used in marketing human drugs to sell pet medicines .

SmithKline could also benefit from Beecham's experience in selling over-the-counter medicines .

They were shopkeepers who sold medicines or cures and established their right to treat the sick during the plague.

study

Leaving school at the age of 14 to study medicine , he was apprenticed to a surgeon in Worcester.

They studied herbal medicine as an alternative to the drugs of the medical profession.

Some of them were mature students studying medicine , dentistry, law, engineering.

Daantjie Siebert, told the prison warder that Biko had studied medicine and yoga and was probably faking his injuries.

The prize for successful candidates, a chance to study medicine in the former Czechoslovakia.

Schools in Sao Leopoldo, the parents felt, were sorely lacking, and Joviane wanted to study medicine .

This left my father's parents badly off, but they managed to send him to Oxford, where he studied medicine .

Realising how useful it would be to have a doctor in their band, Magdalena was put to studying medicine .

take

He hadn't been changed or taken his medicine .

They can take medicines and watch their diets and living habits.

He sees no need to take medicine .

They were far more likely to take medicine for the sheep which suffered from anthrax, toxaemia and fluke.

Patients whose ability to take medicines is a critical issue could be encouraged to use the same community pharmacy on each occasion.

But many patients taking these medicines continue to have problems controlling their blood-sugar levels.

The Castleford star took medicine for a throat and chest infection before the second Test in Auckland.

She stopped taking the antipsychotic medicine .

use

Needle Works Acupuncture is widely used in human alternative medicine .

Herbs have historically been used in medicine to the extent that many are reported to have magical properties.

They are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer and to detect thyroid gland disorders.

Sioux medicine men collected tiny, glistening pebbles from anthills and used them in medicine rattles.

Thereupon the Chief gave me some white, blue, yellow, and shining herbs to use as medicines .

This had evolved from the ancient single red R. gallica and had long been used in medicine .

Many teen-agers mistakenly assume that if they feel well, they can stop using these medicines .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

conventional medicine

Currently, the problems people go online with the most are the problems that conventional medicine helps the least.

It works in a totally different way from conventional medicine, which is known to Homoeopathic practitioners as Allopathy.

Large areas of conventional medicine thus represent particular aspects of traditional medicine systematically developed and extended.

Many of them have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.

Much of conventional medicine has its roots in traditional medicine.

This tremendous progress of conventional medicine in the present century has confirmed belief in the treatment by opposites.

folk medicine/remedy

And as in folk medicine generally, if you believe it will help, it probably will.

GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.

holistic medicine/treatment/healing etc

Finding a therapist to help you Many complementary therapies exist which are concerned with holistic healing.

Herbalism: a holistic treatment involving the use of herbal remedies specifically chosen and blended for different conditions.

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.

Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.

She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.

The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine.

The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Medicines should be kept out of children's reach.

Chinese herbal medicine

Jane is studying medicine .

Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.

So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?

The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He was taken to the hospital by police, where he was given a great deal of medicine and became unconscious.

How are you going to get your medicine ?

I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me.

In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.

In the United Kingdom it's driven by medicine and there aren't many posts for social scientists.

It was well fitted out, with a formidable medicine chest.

No medicine , no therapy, can bring her back.

Preventative medicine and good health rather than repairs were his philosophy.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.