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Meaning of medicine

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  medicine
      n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical
           techniques [syn: {medicine}, {medical specialty}]
      2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates
         the symptoms of disease [syn: {medicine}, {medication},
         {medicament}, {medicinal drug}]
      3: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training
         in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or
         alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied
         medicine at Harvard" [syn: {medicine}, {practice of
         medicine}]
      4: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music";
         "take your medicine" [syn: {music}, {medicine}]
      v 1: treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: {medicate},
           {medicine}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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