as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicine
One lot of reflux medicine got recalled when fluid retention tablets were discovered in the medicine bottles.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
There is no cure for HIV or AIDS, but medicines can control the infection, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
All this despite no increase in reimbursement from Medicaid in my 25 years of practicing medicine.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Google points to drug discovery, or finding molecules that could be useful medicines.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
There is no cure for HIV or AIDS, but medicines can control the infection, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
All this despite no increase in reimbursement from Medicaid in my 25 years of practicing medicine.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Google points to drug discovery, or finding molecules that could be useful medicines.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
Noun
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Certain medications may affect how your body tolerates hot weather.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
10 July 2025
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These medications help keep the airways open and prevent symptoms during exercise.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The most common classes of antihypertensive drugs are angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
8 July 2025
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If your dry mouth is chronic and/or caused by a Sjogren’s or a side effect of radiation, your doctor may write you a prescription for a drug that increases natural saliva production like pilocarpine (Salagen) or cevimeline (Evoxac).—
Amy Marturana Winderl,
SELF,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Claim 5: Homeopathy and Supplements Can Replace Vaccines Homeopathic remedies and supplements have not been shown to trigger an immune response or prevent disease like vaccines do.—
Tim Ryan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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The State Executive Committee then reviews the case to find a remedy, according to the rule.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2025
Noun
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The paralysis must be from a cervical spinal cord injury or from ALS, a rare disease with no cure that causes nerve cells to stop working and muscles to become weak, leading to paralysis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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Collectively, those events have raised $24 million toward finding a cure for NF since the charitable organization was founded about 15 years ago.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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