Medicine
noun
A substance to treat, prevent or ease a disease or condition.
The doctor prescribed some medicine for my cold
Often appears as...
- prescribe medicine
- take medicine
noun
The science of treating, diagnosing and preventing disease, or practice of this.
She is studying medicine at the university
Often appears as...
- study medicine
- practice medicine
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Academic
noun
In a non-western culture, a substance or practice that heals, protects, or prevents trouble.
This herbal mixture is traditional medicine in our tribe
Often appears as...
- traditional medicine
- herbal medicine
noun
Any substance or activity that makes someone feel better or happier.
Laughter is the best medicine
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Idiomatic
noun
A substance to treat, prevent or ease a disease or condition.
The doctor prescribed some medicine for my cold
Often appears as...
- prescribe medicine
- take medicine
noun
The science of treating, diagnosing and preventing disease, or practice of this.
She is studying medicine at the university
Often appears as...
- study medicine
- practice medicine
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In a non-western culture, a substance or practice that heals, protects, or prevents trouble.
This herbal mixture is traditional medicine in our tribe
Often appears as...
- traditional medicine
- herbal medicine
noun
Any substance or activity that makes someone feel better or happier.
Laughter is the best medicine
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Prescription Required
Many medicines can only be obtained with a doctor's prescription for safety.
You can't buy this medicine over the counter; it requires a prescription.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Specificity
Medicine often targets specific illnesses or symptoms, not used universally.
This medicine is specifically for treating allergies, not colds.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
Always follow dosage instructions to avoid negative effects.
Take this medicine three times a day after meals.
Pro Tip 1/3Prescription Required
Many medicines can only be obtained with a doctor's prescription for safety.
You can't buy this medicine over the counter; it requires a prescription.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Specificity
Medicine often targets specific illnesses or symptoms, not used universally.
This medicine is specifically for treating allergies, not colds.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
Always follow dosage instructions to avoid negative effects.
Take this medicine three times a day after meals.
Pro Tip 1/3Prescription Required
Many medicines can only be obtained with a doctor's prescription for safety.
You can't buy this medicine over the counter; it requires a prescription.
Pro Tip 2/3Treatment Specificity
Medicine often targets specific illnesses or symptoms, not used universally.
This medicine is specifically for treating allergies, not colds.
Pro Tip 3/3Follow Instructions
Always follow dosage instructions to avoid negative effects.
Take this medicine three times a day after meals.
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Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones,
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receive an injection, or otherwise take some kind of medicine during their lives, but most of us don't know anything about how these substances actually work. How can various compounds impact the way we physically feel, think, and even behave? For the most part, this depends on how a drug alters the communication
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including the brain. That's what inhalational anesthetics do. In Western medicine, diethyl ether was the first common one. It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence.
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laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. For good or ill, her discoveries in radiation launched a new era, unearthing some of science's greatest secrets.
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Even humans might benefit from the sting of a jellyfish one day. Scientists are working on manipulating cnidocytes to deliver medicine, with nematocysts rarely 3% of the size of a typical syringe needle. So, the next time you're out in the ocean, be careful.
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And getting the dose right is important. If it's too low, the medicine won't do its job. If it's too high, the drug and its metabolites can be toxic. That's true of any drug. One of the hardest groups of patients to get the right dosage for are children.
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and other institutions worldwide. Today, we use more than 17 billion connected devices globally. Just imagine the impact quantum encryption could have in the future. Secondly, quantum technologies could also transform health care and medicine.
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At what moment are you...
can delay or prevent death but not reverse it. But that's not as simple as it sounds because constant advancements in technology and medicine have resulted in diagnoses such as coma, describing potentially reversible conditions,
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last fifty years two different elements of society but most recently you made a decision to donate not just your life I have always felt that there is a lot to be learned in medicine in society and if
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The United Genomes...
most medicines in the world are first developed and tested in America no patience the problem with this is that
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Right now, it might just look like a few floating balls, but before long, this technology could change your life, or maybe even save it. Imagine if your doctor could move things around in your body without surgery and without scalpels Say, delivering a capsule of medicine to a specific spot, breaking up kidney stones,
Video examples
How do drugs affect the...
receive an injection, or otherwise take some kind of medicine during their lives, but most of us don't know anything about how these substances actually work. How can various compounds impact the way we physically feel, think, and even behave? For the most part, this depends on how a drug alters the communication
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How does anesthesia...
including the brain. That's what inhalational anesthetics do. In Western medicine, diethyl ether was the first common one. It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence.
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The genius of Marie...
laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. For good or ill, her discoveries in radiation launched a new era, unearthing some of science's greatest secrets.
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
Even humans might benefit from the sting of a jellyfish one day. Scientists are working on manipulating cnidocytes to deliver medicine, with nematocysts rarely 3% of the size of a typical syringe needle. So, the next time you're out in the ocean, be careful.
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How does your body...
And getting the dose right is important. If it's too low, the medicine won't do its job. If it's too high, the drug and its metabolites can be toxic. That's true of any drug. One of the hardest groups of patients to get the right dosage for are children.
Video examples
A beginner's guide to...
and other institutions worldwide. Today, we use more than 17 billion connected devices globally. Just imagine the impact quantum encryption could have in the future. Secondly, quantum technologies could also transform health care and medicine.
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At what moment are you...
can delay or prevent death but not reverse it. But that's not as simple as it sounds because constant advancements in technology and medicine have resulted in diagnoses such as coma, describing potentially reversible conditions,
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How a Woman's Donated...
last fifty years two different elements of society but most recently you made a decision to donate not just your life I have always felt that there is a lot to be learned in medicine in society and if
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The United Genomes...
most medicines in the world are first developed and tested in America no patience the problem with this is that
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Yoel Romero
Cuban Athlete
If you're going to make comments on economy, study economy. If you're gonna make comments on world history, make sure you learn world history. If you're gonna save lives and be a doctor, you need to study medicine. Then, you will be able to make comments on economy, on medicine, and on world history.
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Herbie Mann
American Musician
The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work.
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Hiam Abbass
Palestinian Actress
Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your people, and comedy is almost like a medicine to your soul in a way.
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Alice Walker
American Author
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.
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Elizabeth Edwards
American Lawyer
I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.
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Donatella Versace
Italian Designer
Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
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Hippocrates
Greek Scientist
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
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Redman
American Musician
I definitely want to help the youth, people who can't afford medicine.
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Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
Medicine is so big and so important.
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Yoel Romero
Cuban Athlete
If you're going to make comments on economy, study economy. If you're gonna make comments on world history, make sure you learn world history. If you're gonna save lives and be a doctor, you need to study medicine. Then, you will be able to make comments on economy, on medicine, and on world history.
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Herbie Mann
American Musician
The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work.
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Hiam Abbass
Palestinian Actress
Laughter is a way of really letting out all this pressure that you could face in your daily life in the suffering of your people, and comedy is almost like a medicine to your soul in a way.
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Alice Walker
American Author
If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.
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Elizabeth Edwards
American Lawyer
I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.
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Donatella Versace
Italian Designer
Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
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Hippocrates
Greek Scientist
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
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Redman
American Musician
I definitely want to help the youth, people who can't afford medicine.
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Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
Medicine is so big and so important.
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