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
Many of his top donations come from political action committees affiliated with medicine, including the Doctors Company, American Medical Association and American Hospital Association.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 May 2026
Even small contributions can mean food, medicine, and shelter for children who have none of them.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Used for centuries in cooking and traditional medicine, turmeric is a popular ingredient in supplements marketed for everything from joint support to liver health.
—Patricia Weiser, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
Julia Vitarello is launching a new effort to scale bespoke medicines after her first startup faltered.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 1 May 2026
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 May 2026
Even small contributions can mean food, medicine, and shelter for children who have none of them.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Used for centuries in cooking and traditional medicine, turmeric is a popular ingredient in supplements marketed for everything from joint support to liver health.
—Patricia Weiser, Verywell Health, 1 May 2026
Julia Vitarello is launching a new effort to scale bespoke medicines after her first startup faltered.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
Noun
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The Belarusian human rights group Viasna said he repeatedly was denied essential medications and refused contact with his wife and children.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Instead, many factors, such as lack of sleep, stress, adverse life events, mental health and medications can lead to food noise.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new shelter will allow residents to bring pets, which most shelters prohibit, offer a drug and alcohol treatment program and mental health services and assign those admitted a caseworker who will help connect them with professional development programs.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Clark’s wise remedy is to strip her fiction of most of those facts, reducing the local references so that the narrative shifts away from singular autobiography toward singular emblem.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But civil penalties were removed from the law two decades ago, leaving federal regulators with fewer effective remedies to enforce the law or sanction bad actors.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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There is no specific treatment or cure for hantavirus infections, but early medical attention can increase the chance of survival.—
Gerald Imray,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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For this year's iteration, Fox was joined by Willie Geist, Little Big Town, Eric Church and more for an evening of music and celebration as his foundation works toward a cure.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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