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

  • (..) The ticket is yours, Danny. And do you know what? I think the magic was yours, too. Come on. Have I told you about the time my dad took me to see Buffalo Bill? We met Sitting Bull, who was his medicine man. Subtitles by Harry Allen Scandinavian Text Service (..)
    1993 Last Action Hero