medicine
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
Something you swallow or take when you are ill, so that you feel better.
Take this medicine twice a day, always after a meal.
The medicine tasted so bitter that she pulled a face.
Keep all medicines in a locked cupboard, away from children.
He left his medicine at home and felt worse by evening.
Common collocations: take medicine · cough medicine · strong medicine · a bottle of medicine · prescribe medicine
Part of: At the doctor's, Illnesses and symptoms
Sense 2
- noun
- B1
The science and the job of treating people who are ill or hurt.
Modern medicine has made many childhood illnesses far less dangerous.
My cousin wants to go into medicine, like her mother.
He gave up medicine in his third year and taught biology.
She has practised medicine in small village clinics for decades.
Common collocations: study medicine · practise medicine · modern medicine · a career in medicine · alternative medicine
Part of: School subjects, Jobs, Science and technology, At the doctor's