Found 4 items, similar to MEDICINE.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: medicine obat
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: medicine dadah, obat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: medicine medicine n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques [syn: medical specialty] 2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medication, medicament, medicinal drug] 3: 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” [syn: practice of medicine] 4: punishment for one's actions; “you have to face the music”; “take your medicine” [syn: music] v : treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: medicate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Medicine Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.] 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. [1913 Webster] 2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic. [1913 Webster] By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. --F. H. Giddings. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] (b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 6. Short for Medicine man. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman. Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines. [1913 Webster] Medicine \Med"i*cine\, v. t. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. “Medicine thee to that sweet sleep.” --Shak. [1913 Webster]