OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 432

medicine

/ˈmɛd.ɪ.s(ɪ)n/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fármaco • medicamento • medicina • remedio
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.
Using a weekly pill organizer is a good way to help remind yourself to take your medicine each day, and it also tells you whether you already took today's pills (it's not unusual t…
medicina
Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty.
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