medicine

Definition

  • noun: a substance that is used in treating disease or relieving pain and that is usually in the form of a pill or a liquid
  • noun: a substance or preparation used in treating disease
  • synonyms: medication, medicament, remedy

Examples

  • The movie is about a playboy who gets 'a taste of his own medicine' when the girl he falls in love with jilts him for another guy.

  • If he loses the case, he should just 'take his medicine' and stop complaining.

  • Their research has led to many important advances in modern 'medicine'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Come on, sit up. Come on. You had us scared, son. I'm so glad you're okay. MARY LEE: The doctors gave you some medicine. You had a snake bite. How did I get to the doctor? A man brought you in. No one knew him. Oh, no, no, it's all right. (..)
    2012 Mud