medicine

medicine
med|i|cine [ `medısın ] noun **
1. ) count or uncount a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid you drink:
cough medicine
a medicine bottle
take medicine: You have to take the medicine three times a day.
2. ) uncount the study and practice of treating or preventing illnesses and injuries:
He went on to study medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
She donated her body to medicine.
an ongoing battle between alternative and orthodox medicine
3. ) count or uncount AMERICAN any object or practice that Native Americans believe makes them able to control the powers of the spiritual world or cure and prevent illness
give someone a taste/dose of their own medicine
to treat someone in the same bad way they treat other people
take your medicine
to accept or deal with an unpleasant situation without complaining

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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