medicine

n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical

techniques

2: 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}]