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
Midwives were used to taking care of mothers, offering medicines, catching babies, cutting cords, washing and swaddling.
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Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
There are no vaccines that can prevent Powassan virus or medicines to treat the disease.
—Emily Vetter, USA Today, 16 June 2026
The agency is also implementing White House executive orders aimed at strengthening domestic manufacturing of essential medicines and medical supplies.
—W. Craig Vanderwagen, STAT, 16 June 2026
Regarding medication, 300 of the 395 essential medicines produced on the island are unavailable due to a lack of chemical components required to manufacture medications.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
In a few weeks, millions of seniors on Medicare will be able to access the medicines for $50 a month out of pocket.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 13 June 2026
Some peptides are approved for marketing by regulatory authorities like the Food and Drug Administration and taken regularly as medicines by tens of millions of people annually.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The flight would carry critical medicines, food, nurses and doctors.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
That evolved into working with Aslam to balance the patient’s post-transplant anti-rejection medicines and medication for HIV.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
There are no vaccines that can prevent Powassan virus or medicines to treat the disease.
—Emily Vetter, USA Today, 16 June 2026
The agency is also implementing White House executive orders aimed at strengthening domestic manufacturing of essential medicines and medical supplies.
—W. Craig Vanderwagen, STAT, 16 June 2026
Regarding medication, 300 of the 395 essential medicines produced on the island are unavailable due to a lack of chemical components required to manufacture medications.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
In a few weeks, millions of seniors on Medicare will be able to access the medicines for $50 a month out of pocket.
—Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 13 June 2026
Some peptides are approved for marketing by regulatory authorities like the Food and Drug Administration and taken regularly as medicines by tens of millions of people annually.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The flight would carry critical medicines, food, nurses and doctors.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
That evolved into working with Aslam to balance the patient’s post-transplant anti-rejection medicines and medication for HIV.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicines
Noun
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But getting Canada to sell medications to Colorado depends on supply.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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That's because the drug is often sold at compounding pharmacies, which make customized medications that are not FDA approved and are rarely covered by insurance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The drugs brought on psychotic episodes that were destructive, and when his son was about 20, the family made the difficult decision to ask Sean to leave the house.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Correctional Health Services, which administers addiction treatment programs in the jails, said more efforts are needed to prevent drugs from getting into the facilities.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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For his part, Sherman, a long-time champion of wriggling remedies, cheered the clearance as a step forward for MDT generally.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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Giamusso, the bureau spokesperson, denied that these are reasons a person in prison would have their remedies rejected.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
17 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicines. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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