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

  • (..) All this blood's scarin' the shit out of me, Larry! I'm gonna die! I know it! Excuse me, I didn't realize you had a degree in medicine. Are you a doctor? Answer me, please! Are you a doctor? No, I'm not. I'm not. (..)
    1992 Reservoir Dogs