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Synonyms of medicine
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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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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