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

  • (..) Back,you devils! Frodo! Oh,Sam. Strider! -Help him,Strider. -He's been stabbed by a Morgul blade. This is beyond my skill to heal. He needs Elvish medicine. Hurry! We're six days from Rivendell! He'll never make it! Hold on,Frodo. Gandalf! Look,Frodo. It's Mr. Bilbo's trolls. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring