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

Clancy’s doctors took her on and off medications to treat the depression, which her attorney has said worsened her symptoms.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The bags contained three new iPhones, our rental car key, medication, jewelry, licenses, credit cards and other valuables.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026

Definition of medication

Noun

An investigation by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners found that while the three medications were administered in non-fatal doses, Hemphill failed to acknowledge the way the drugs would act when combined, according to the warrant.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
The twist is that she’s already attached to Reynolds (Ben Foster), who looks like a dweeb — but is, in fact, an extremely wealthy and powerful drug kingpin.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of drug

Noun

That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.

— Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
Adam Farren is the CEO of Canvas Medical, an EMR company accelerating everyday medicine.

— Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of medicine

Noun

From the start, this modification of the remedies was on shaky ground.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Notification letters about the safety risk will be mailed in late August, and an additional notice about the remedy will be sent out at a later date, the agency noted.

— Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of remedy

Noun

There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, but various treatment options, such as prescription medications, may be available to patients to maintain brain health, delay symptom onset or manage symptoms, the agency says.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Sure, if the cure to a terrible disease exists only in a private letter from one scientist to another, publishing that letter is imperative.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026