English noun: medicine |
| 1. | medicine (cognition) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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| Synonyms | medical specialty |
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| Broader (hypernym) | medical science |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accident surgery, allergology, anesthesiology, angiology, bacteriology, biomedicine, biomedicine, cardiology, chiropody, clinical neurology, dental medicine, dentistry, dermatology, diagnostics, emergency medicine, endocrinology, epidemiology, forensic medicine, forensic pathology, gastroenterology, general medicine, geriatrics, gerontology, gynaecology, gynecology, haematology, hematology, hygiene, hygienics, immunology, internal medicine, materia medica, midwifery, nephrology, neurology, neuropsychiatry, nosology, nuclear medicine, OB, obstetrics, odontology, oncology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, otology, otorhinolaryngology, paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics, pedology, pharmaceutics, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology, pharmacy, podiatry, proctology, prosthetics, psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, rheumatology, rhinolaryngology, space medicine, sports medicine, therapeutics, thoracic medicine, tocology, traumatology, tropical medicine, urogenital medicine, urology, veterinary medicine, virology |
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| Domain category members | achromia, actinotherapy, acute, algid, auscultate, autopsy, balm, bloodletting, carrier, catatonic, chelation, chronic, clinician, clonic, confirming, contraindication, corroborant, curvature, disconfirming, disfunction, donor, dysfunction, emergency procedure, epidemic, festering, fulgurating, gauze, gauze bandage, general, germ theory, host, iatrogenic, imaging, immune carrier, immunity, indication, infection, infusion, insufflation, invasion, invasive, irradiation, irrigation, license fee, license tax, licensing fee, local, localised, localized, low-level radioactive waste, malignance, malignancy, maturation, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, medicine, monster, negative, neurotropic, noninvasive, nonspecific, ointment, palpable, parenteral, percussor, plessor, plexor, positive, potentiation, practice of medicine, psychotic, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, refractory, regime, regimen, rejection, reserve, resistance, salve, scatology, self-limited, sign, snake oil, specific, stubborn, succedaneum, suppuration, symptom, teras, therapy, tolerate, tomography, topical, truss, unction, unguent, uranalysis, urinalysis, venipuncture, vicarious, visualise, visualize, zymosis |
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| 2. | medicine (artifact) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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| Synonyms | medicament, medication, medicinal drug |
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| Broader (hypernym) | drug |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acyclovir, alendronate, allopurinol, amrinone, analgesic, angiogenesis inhibitor, anodyne, Antabuse, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, APC, aperient, astringent, astringent drug, atomic cocktail, Atromid-S, azathioprine, bactericide, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker, camphorated tincture of opium, Carafate, carminative, cathartic, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, cold medicine, counterirritant, Cuprimine, curative, cure, cytotoxic drug, decoagulant, decongestant, demulcent, depressant, diaphoretic, disulfiram, dosage, dose, downer, Drixoral, drug cocktail, ethical drug, expectorant, expectorator, febrifuge, fixed-combination drug, Fosamax, gemfibrozil, HAART, haematinic, helminthic, hematinic, herbal medicine, highly active antiretroviral therapy, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, Imuran, inhalant, inhalation, Inocor, isoproterenol, Isordil, isosorbide, Isuprel, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, Lopid, Mecholyl, methacholine, Metrazol, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, pain pill, painkiller, paregoric, patent medicine, penicillamine, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic, placebo, Plavix, powder, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, purgative, remedy, restorative, rubefacient, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, spasmolytic, specific, statin, statin drug, styptic, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, therapeutic, tincture, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, vermifuge, Zovirax, Zyloprim |
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| Substance holonym | physostigmine |
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| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine |
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| Domain category members | nonprescription, over-the-counter, prescription |
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| 3. | medicine (act) 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 |
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| Samples | He studied medicine at Harvard.
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| Synonyms | practice of medicine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | learned profession |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alternative medicine, complementary medicine, preventive medicine |
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| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine |
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| Domain category members | administer, amputate, ancylose, ancylose, ankylose, ankylose, bandage, bleed, bring around, cup, cure, cut off, diagnose, digitalize, dispense, doctor, dope, dope up, dose, dress, drug, eviscerate, eviscerate, explore, feel, group practice, heal, immunise, immunize, infuse, inject, inoculate, leech, medicate, medicate, medicine, nurse, operate, operate on, palpate, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, plaster, poultice, quack, relieve, remedy, resect, salve, shoot, slough off, soup, splint, strap, transfuse, transfuse, vaccinate, venesect, vet, vet |
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| 4. | medicine (act) punishment for one's actions |
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| Samples | You have to face the music.
Take your medicine.
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| Synonyms | music |
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| Broader (hypernym) | penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment |
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