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
In medicine, simulations of blood flow through heart valves have provided surgeons with detailed data for treating cardiovascular conditions.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Schnuelle had a degree in veterinary medicine with areas of clinical emphasis in dairy production medicine, bovine embryology, and canine reproduction, according to Auburn University's website.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
After the spontaneity of summer, grounding into consistency can feel like medicine.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Schnuelle had a degree in veterinary medicine with areas of clinical emphasis in dairy production medicine, bovine embryology, and canine reproduction, according to Auburn University's website.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
After the spontaneity of summer, grounding into consistency can feel like medicine.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
Noun
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Many parents from my practice share a common concern about their children taking asthma medications with steroids.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some experts believe that certain medications — a category called fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) — could be to blame.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lucy and Pickard receive treatment through intravenous (IV) ketamine therapy ‒ a legal but off-label use of the drug.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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That behavior included drug use and related incidents, and disparaging comments about series co-creator Chuck Lorre.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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The best smart telescopes offer a powerful remedy to this problem in the form of advanced image stacking and real-time processing to filter out artificial light interference and reveal detail in objects that would be difficult to observe with the naked eye or traditional optics.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the Harvard Business Review (HBR) explains, learning is a remedy for the fear of failure.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the cheaper money isn’t an immediate cure.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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While far from a cure, the study points to a new path that combines advanced manufacturing, stem cell science, and regenerative medicine.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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