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   medicine

   /ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/

   noun

   • 1. the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery): "he made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine" Similar medical sciencepractice of medicinehealingtherapeuticstherapytreatmenthealing art
   • 2. a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease: "give her some medicine" Similar medicationmedicamentremedycurenostrumpatent medicinequack remedypanaceacure-allplacebodrugprescriptiondosetreatmentarchaic:physicrare:medicinal
   • 3. (especially among some North American Indian peoples) a spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power: "Fleur was murdering him by use of bad medicine"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin medicina, from medicus ‘physician’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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