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

  • (..) - ... that way. - It's our only chance. We have to try. Come on. I've heard tell of the wonders of Elvish medicine. That was a privilege to witness. Tauriel. Lie still. You cannot be her. She is far away. (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug