Definition: 1. The study and treatment of diseases and injuries. 2. A substance, especially a liquid that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness.
Use 'medicine' in a sentence:
1. The 1990 Nobel Prize for medicine was won by two Americans.
2. It's a sign of the encroachment of commercialism in medicine.
3. Lucy wants to study medicine but needs more qualifications.
4. To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
5. Alternative medicine has been gaining credence recently.
6. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
7. Too much is spent on curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine.
8. Take some medicine.
9. Garlic is widely used in Chinese folk medicine.
10. The medicine always made him feel dopey and unable to concentrate.
11. I'll take some medicine.
12. He pursued a career in medicine.
13. People in hospitals are dying because of shortages of medicine.
14. So, as I said to you, natural medicine is also known as holistic medicine.
15. Planes parachuted food, clothing, blankets, medicine, and water into the rugged mountainous border region.
16. Take the medicine, please.
17. She looked in the medicine cabinet and found some aspirin.
18. The uprising is threatening the delivery of humanitarian supplies of food and medicine.
19. He was examined again and then prescribed a different herbal medicine.
20. Apart from criminal investigation techniques, students learn forensic medicine, philosophy and logic.
21. Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine.
22. He was banned from practising medicine.
23. The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing.
24. If you keep a medicine too long, it may lose its potency.
25. I'm statistic-phobic, and hopelessly ignorant of medicine.
26. Laughter is the best medicine.
27. He's always taking medicine.
28. People in hospitals are dying because of shortage of medicine.
29. Hospital beds were scarce and medicines were practically non-existent.
30. He took a sip of the medicine and screwed up his face.
31. Pharmacists are required by law to give the medicine prescribed by the doctor.
32. The medicines you are currently taking could be affecting your balance.
33. Most refugee doctors never get the chance to practice medicine in British hospitals.
34. Two Americans will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.
35. I left medicine anyway. I wasn't really cut out for it.
36. The doctor has given me some medicine to take for my cough.
37. A United Nations aid convoy loaded with food and medicine finally got through to the besieged town.
38. She's practicing medicine in Philadelphia.
39. The medicine is not for internal use.
40. Canada is now a substantial net importer of medicines.
41. Take the medicine three times a day.
42. Did you take your medicine?
43. At the time, medicine was still a primitive quasi-science.
44. The medicine has clearly done its stuff.
45. The medicine did not achieve the desired effect.
46. I don't go along with her views on private medicine.
47. Prevention also plays a central role in traditional medicine.
48. The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.
