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

  • (..) into the paranormal. But... ...I think this goes deeper than that now. - They're doing this to me. - They're not doing this. I left behind a career in medicine because I thought I could make a difference at the FBI. But it hasn't turned out that way. And now if they transfer me to Omaha (..)
    1998 The X Files