Thesaurus results for MEDICAMENT

medicament

noun

mi-ˈdi-kə-mənt

Definition of medicament

as in medication

a substance or preparation used to treat disease in the 19th century a physician's bag of medicaments most likely included powerful opiates

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Recent Examples of medicament Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 May 2026 The doctors here have every modern medicament, but candidly confessed that the answer to the malady is beyond them. — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025 If the medicaments are innocuous, there’s little harm except to the patients’ pocketbooks. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020 At the moment, the standard treatment for drug-resistant TB involves taking highly toxic medicaments for as long as two years. — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicament

Noun

Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
These studies compared back support braces either on their own, with no other interventions, or their use in conjunction with other pain management recommendations such as physical activity and/or medication.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of medication

Noun

Another common response, readers wrote, is that the drugs have reduced their desire for alcohol as well as their appetite.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
But in recent years, Fiji has seen a surge in intravenous drug use as the islands have emerged as a crucial transit point for narcotics being trafficked from the Americas to lucrative markets in Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of drug

Noun

And filmmaking, unlike law or medicine, issues no license at the end of the program and has no job guarantees.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Artificial tears, saliva substitutes, and prescription medicines can help manage dry eyes and dry mouth.

— Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of medicine

Noun

Moving wild horses to the farm prevents them from accessing natural fly remedies on the Outer Banks, which include standing in strong breezes on the beach, rolling in the sand and even wading into the ocean.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Coaches may find out the hard way that the tactical landscape has shifted and that not all problems lead to Guardiola-style remedies.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of remedy

Noun

There are treatments available to address the symptoms of stiff-person syndrome but there is currently no cure for the chronic and progressive condition.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Coinbase’s whitepaper frames legacy systems as burdened by chargeback risk and positions instant finality as the cure.

— Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026