as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicine
Anyone who takes natural medicine at one of the centers must have a plan for how to get home afterward and aren’t allowed to drive.
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Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
Arab leaders have swiftly condemned Israel's halt of aid, including food and medicine, which comes at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
These are best practices, as is locking up medicines — both prescription medications as well as over-the-counter treatments.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Yet another review paper from 2024 found that existing research suggested that there's a reason soursop has been part of traditional medicine for so long.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
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Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
Arab leaders have swiftly condemned Israel's halt of aid, including food and medicine, which comes at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
These are best practices, as is locking up medicines — both prescription medications as well as over-the-counter treatments.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Yet another review paper from 2024 found that existing research suggested that there's a reason soursop has been part of traditional medicine for so long.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
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But Dana only needs a little bit of help to get the medication Aiden needs to be made.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
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Most people taking antidepressants will not experience withdrawal symptoms when quitting the medications, experts said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Still, much of that reliance – in particular, on China and India – is for generic medicines, Ricks pointed out, noting that Lilly doesn’t make those drugs.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Editor's note: Zelenskyy is expected to meet with Trump in Washington on Friday to sign an deal to provide critical raw materials used for items like electric vehicle batteries and cancer drugs.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Plot Your Containers If lack of space is an issue, container gardening is the remedy.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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Google already announced its preferred remedy at the tail end of 2024.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
5 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, there's no instant cure for ringworm.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
6 Mar. 2025
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The most popular treatment involved isolated sanatoriums in high-altitude areas such as the Adirondacks and the Rocky Mountains, where the cold, dry air was believed to be a cure.—
Karen Dobos,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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