as in medications
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 medicines
University of Saskatchewan scientists developed a 3D lung tissue model to provide a better environment for studying medicines and diseases like tuberculosis, COVID-19, asthma, COPD and pulmonary fibrosis.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
And people with health insurance could spend less on their medicines through copays than buying them directly from AstraZeneca.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Belliveau added that MedGlobal currently has a few trucks sitting at the border loaded with medicines and therapeutic food for those suffering from malnutrition.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump in July sent letters to 17 drugmakers urging them to take specific steps to curb costs for patients, including launching direct-to-consumer sales models for their medicines.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
ADvanced Space Experiment Processor-4 — NASA flight engineer Zena Cardman installed new sample cassettes for a study supporting the manufacturing of medicines (drugs or pharmaceuticals) in microgravity.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Neighbors welcome Elanco to The Valley Seven decades ago, Elanco spun off from drug company Eli Lilly to manufacture medicines for animals instead of humans, including drugs for dogs, cats, cattle, swine and poultry.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
If the therapy involved the use of medicines, there would be no dispute because no speech would be involved.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
People who have low potassium levels or who take certain medicines that may affect potassium levels, such as insulin, diuretics, ACE inhibitors, or ARBs, may be at higher risk from the potassium-lowering effects of apple cider vinegar.
—Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
And people with health insurance could spend less on their medicines through copays than buying them directly from AstraZeneca.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Belliveau added that MedGlobal currently has a few trucks sitting at the border loaded with medicines and therapeutic food for those suffering from malnutrition.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump in July sent letters to 17 drugmakers urging them to take specific steps to curb costs for patients, including launching direct-to-consumer sales models for their medicines.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
ADvanced Space Experiment Processor-4 — NASA flight engineer Zena Cardman installed new sample cassettes for a study supporting the manufacturing of medicines (drugs or pharmaceuticals) in microgravity.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Neighbors welcome Elanco to The Valley Seven decades ago, Elanco spun off from drug company Eli Lilly to manufacture medicines for animals instead of humans, including drugs for dogs, cats, cattle, swine and poultry.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
If the therapy involved the use of medicines, there would be no dispute because no speech would be involved.
—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
People who have low potassium levels or who take certain medicines that may affect potassium levels, such as insulin, diuretics, ACE inhibitors, or ARBs, may be at higher risk from the potassium-lowering effects of apple cider vinegar.
—Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicines
Noun
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The relatively new designation allows these specialists to diagnose mental illness and prescribe psychiatric medications in collaboration with a psychiatrist.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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These medications are up to 20 times stronger than over-the-counter retinols and can increase collagen production, speed up the skin’s natural regeneration process, exfoliate dead skin cells, and reduce acne.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its drugs include inhalers like Bevespi Aerosphere for people with COPD and Airsupra for people with asthma.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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The organization, which helps bring down the price of drugs by bulk-buying them for its member states, could do the same for weight-loss drugs, PAHO director Dr Jarbas Barbosa told Reuters.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Gibson credited natural remedies and a special diet with curing her cancer.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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If a court affirms that the city retaliated against The Trap, Loy said potential remedies could include civil remedies, such as compensatory or punitive damages.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicines. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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