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medicine

Main Entry:: med·i·cine
Pronunciation:: \ˈme-də-sən, British usually ˈmed-sən\
Function:: 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-being2 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 disease3: a substance (as a drug or potion) used to treat something other than disease4: 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

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