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
The flight would carry critical medicines, food, nurses and doctors.
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Thick biologics and medicines typically require big needles and long hospital infusions.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Maraganore and City’s CEO, Andy Orth, brought the first such medicines to market in the late 2010s.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 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
The drug maker Eli Lilly announced last week that both of its obesity medicines will soon be on the formularies of all three of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, OptumRx, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
These medicines are disease-modifying therapies that address root causes and enhance quality of life rather than just managing symptoms.
—Karen R. Studer, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
That includes medicines and batteries.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 May 2026
Their medicines won’t be ready for years, if ever.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
Thick biologics and medicines typically require big needles and long hospital infusions.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Maraganore and City’s CEO, Andy Orth, brought the first such medicines to market in the late 2010s.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 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
The drug maker Eli Lilly announced last week that both of its obesity medicines will soon be on the formularies of all three of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, OptumRx, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
These medicines are disease-modifying therapies that address root causes and enhance quality of life rather than just managing symptoms.
—Karen R. Studer, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
That includes medicines and batteries.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 May 2026
Their medicines won’t be ready for years, if ever.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicines
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Although the study measured people’s ability to manage medications and healthcare, the results of the study are not an indictment on the individual, but rather a call to action for the health system to improve communication and collaboration with patients, Wolf said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
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Gopuff, based in Philadelphia, is a delivery service for everything from groceries and household items to over-the-counter medications and alcohol, according to the company website.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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In fact, product liability lawsuits alleging patient injuries have been filed overwhelmingly against pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, which manufacture name-brand weight loss drugs, court data shows.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Her results came back as estrogen receptor-positive stage 2A breast cancer, meaning her cancer had estrogen receptors that would respond to hormone therapy drugs.—
Ayren Jackson-Cannady,
SELF,
29 May 2026
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If a judgment is granted, creditors may seek remedies such as bank account levies or wage garnishment if the debtor is still working, though their ability to do that is still heavily dependent on state and federal laws.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Matching the treatment to the symptom often works better than generic remedies, particularly when multiple GI side effects are happening at once.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicines. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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