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serum

noun

Definition of serum

as in drug

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Recent Examples of serum While other skin tints are made thick and rich like a moisturizer, this one is most comparable to a runny serum. — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Made with biotin, shea butter, and beeswax, the mascara was formulated to mimic the nourishing, strengthening effects of a lash serum. — Micaela English, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2026 Tower 28’s Swipe All-Over Hydrating Serum Concealer is up to the task, pairing a featherlight, serum-like texture with buildable coverage. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026 Interestingly, peppermint oil is another key ingredient in this serum, which shoppers say provides a cooling sensation. — Parents, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for serum

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Noun

Grande became the face of an ongoing conversation around health, and the cultural pendulum swing away from body positivity to the glorification of thinness, ignited by the proliferation of weight-loss drugs.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Researchers spent decades trying to target a group of mutations called RAS — responsible for nearly a third of all human cancers — but the protein’s flat shape defied typical drugs.

— Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of drug

Noun

For now, Neda, a 34-year-old Tehran resident struggling with kidney disease and needing medication, is holding her breath as she is once again forced to buy only half of her monthly dose.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of medication

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My father had left academic medicine to open a solo surgical practice, and billing meant someone had to sit in front of a typewriter and create claims one by one.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Still, charismatic leaders who have pushed for dollarization have failed to date, suggesting that the patient may not want the money doctor’s medicine.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of medicine

Noun

To decolonize the nose, patients’ nostrils are simply swabbed with a cotton tip that has been coated with antiseptic.

— Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
After removing the tick, the bite area should be cleaned with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or another antiseptic.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

Definition of antiseptic

Noun

Additionally, the city could only pursue the court-order remedy after allowing the team 180 days to address the breach.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Despite the sometimes contentious exchanges, Attorney Dave Westland, representing the developer, said that his client is agreeable to all of the remedies proposed by the town.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of remedy

Noun

Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 May 2026
The doctors here have every modern medicament, but candidly confessed that the answer to the malady is beyond them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of medicament

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