medicaments

noun

plural of medicament
as in drugs
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 medicaments 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicaments
  1. drugs
  2. medications
  3. medicines
  4. remedies
Noun
  • Chung and her colleagues treat cells with diverse drugs and simultaneously measure intracellular regulatory proteins, including the direct drug targets, and the transcriptome over a longitudinal time course.
    — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • In anticipation of the birth of his son, Ferguson had kicked a nagging heroin habit, trading his addiction to drugs for an infatuation with activism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of drugs
Noun
  • Some but not all of his medications came, because the health plan said his provider needed to clarify his prescriptions.
    — Renuka Rayasam, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • The drugs normalized injectable medications, and patients saw the power of peptides firsthand.
    — Jenna Anderson, Health, 13 July 2026
Definition of medications
Noun
  • Researchers are already exploring approaches such as lowering doses, taking medicines less frequently (like monthly or quarterly), or switching from injections to pills.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 July 2026
  • Last month, France’s medicines regulator fined Novo Nordisk approximately $2 million and Eli Lilly $127,000 over direct-to-consumer obesity awareness campaigns.
    — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026
Definition of medicines
Noun
  • Instead, the meddling radiated corruption over due process of an unfortunate but longstanding rule that has remedies seldom invoked in the middle of the World Cup.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • Some products even offer natural remedies such as walnut shells or apricot seeds.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of remedies

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“Medicaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicaments. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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