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
The chain offers items including medicine, vitamins, cosmetics and household products, as well as in-house pharmacies.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Over-the-counter cough medicines and home remedies like tea with honey are worth trying, Cho says.
—Sarah Klein, Time, 13 May 2025
And for both medications, symptoms tend to improve over time as people get used to them, added Jorge Moreno, MD, internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Yale Medicine.
—Julia Ries, Health, 13 May 2025
An 'awakening for the Republicans'? Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner, has known Kennedy for almost a decade.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Over-the-counter cough medicines and home remedies like tea with honey are worth trying, Cho says.
—Sarah Klein, Time, 13 May 2025
And for both medications, symptoms tend to improve over time as people get used to them, added Jorge Moreno, MD, internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Yale Medicine.
—Julia Ries, Health, 13 May 2025
An 'awakening for the Republicans'? Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner, has known Kennedy for almost a decade.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
Noun
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As pollen peaks for the season, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that some popular allergy medications could cause a rare but severe itching side effect.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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In some instances, someone’s Lp(a) level might help guide medication decisions.—
Stacey Colino,
Time,
22 May 2025
Noun
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People taking certain drugs should avoid taking turmeric supplements.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
21 May 2025
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But many drugs are laced with synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which has largely driven an increase in adolescent drug fatalities around the country in recent years.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Because there is no remedy for migrants who have already been deported, the ACLU lawyers asked the Supreme Court to provide guidance to lower courts about what measures are required for adequate notice to contest deportations.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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However, by the time Biden became incapacitated, that constitutional remedy was available for use.—
Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Turner, the Indiana Pacers' standout 3-and-D center, would be a perfect cure for what ails the Warriors around the rim — but, as Marks points out, Turner seems likely to have played himself into an incredibly lucrative new free agent deal this summer.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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