Synonyms for medicine
ˈmɛd ə sɪn; esp. Brit. ˈmɛd sənmedicine

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1. medicinenoun

   A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.

   Synonyms:
   prescription, regimen, elixir, course, program, pharmaceutical, drug

2. medicinenoun

   A treatment or cure.

   Synonyms:
   regimen, course, pharmaceutical, drug, program, prescription, elixir

3. medicinenoun

   The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

   Synonyms:
   prescription, regimen, course, program, pharmaceutical, elixir, drug

4. medicinenoun

   The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.

   Synonyms:
   regimen, prescription, elixir, drug, pharmaceutical, course, program

5. medicinenoun

   Ritual Native American magic used (notably by a medicine man) to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.

   Synonyms:
   elixir, regimen, prescription, pharmaceutical, course, drug, program

6. medicinenoun

   black magic, superstition.

   Synonyms:
   program, drug, elixir, prescription, course, regimen, pharmaceutical

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. medicine

   Synonyms:
   remedy, physic, antidote, therapeutics, salve, cure, corrective

   Antonyms:
   aggravation, poison, virus, bane

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1. medicine, medical specialtynoun

   the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

2. medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drugnoun

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

3. medicine, practice of medicinenoun

   the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries

   "he studied medicine at Harvard"

   Synonyms:
   medicament, medication, music, medicinal drug, practice of medicine, medical specialty

4. music, medicineverb

   punishment for one's actions

   "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

   Synonyms:
   practice of medicine, euphony, medical specialty, medicinal drug, medicament, music, medication

5. medicate, medicineverb

   treat medicinally, treat with medicine

   Synonyms:
   medicate

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1. antitode

   it reverse the adverse effect solution to a problem

   the poison's can be unaffected witha antitode

   Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   drug, physic, medicament, remedy, NOSTRUM

2. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   healing art

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1. medicinenoun

   Synonyms:
   materia medica, medicament, remedy, restorative, corrective, specific, physic, antidote, tonic, panacea, nostrum

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1. List of paraphrases for "medicine":

   medical, medicines, médecine, drug, drugs, medicina, medication, medizin, medications, cure, pharmaceutical, physician, medicinal, physicians, pharmaceuticals

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   I got good health and I don’t take any medicine.

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