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

  • (..) Can he really fly? MAN : I heard he can disappear. Well, we'll find out. Won't we? Taste of your own medicine, doctor? What have you been doing here? Who are you working for? Ra's... Ra's al Ghul. Ra's al Ghul is dead. Who are you working for? (..)
    2005 Batman Begins
  • (..) CRANE: As you wish. This way, please. There's something I think you should see. This is where we make the medicine. Perhaps you should have some, clear your head. Who knows you're here? Who knows? He's here. (..)
    2005 Batman Begins