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1. The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   - medical specialty
    
2. (medicine) something that treats, prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
   - medication, medicament, medicinal drug
    
3. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing, alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
   "he studied medicine at Harvard";
   - practice of medicine
    
4. Punishment for one's actions
   "take your medicine";
   - music

1. (medicine) treat medicinally, treat with medicine
   - medicate

Derived forms: medicined, medicining, medicines

Type of: care for, drug, learned profession, medical science, penalisation [Brit], penalization, penalty, punishment, sanction, treat

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