Medicine
51medicine — Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy. State v Stoddard, 215 Iowa 534, 245 NW 273, 86 ALR 616; Kelly v Carroll, 36 Wash 2d 482, 219 P2d 79, 19 ALR2d 1174; Waldo v Poe (DC Wash) 14 F2d 749. Anything,… …
52medicine — [13] Latin medērī ‘heal’ underlies all the English ‘medical’ words (it was formed from the base *med , which also produced English remedy). From it was derived medicus ‘doctor’, which has given English medical [17]; and on medicus in turn were… …
53medicine — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin medicina, from feminine of medicinus of a physician, from medicus Date: 13th century 1. a. a substance or preparation used in treating disease b. something that affects well being 2. a …
54medicine — noun 1》 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery). 2》 a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease. 3》 (among North American Indians… …
55medicine — med•i•cine [[t]ˈmɛd ə sɪn[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈmɛd sən[/t]] n. v. cined, cin•ing 1) med any substance used in treating disease or illness 2) med the art, science, or profession of preserving health and of curing or alleviating disease 3) med a)… …
56medicine — Lā au, lā au lapa au, wai lā au, hālalo. Various kinds of medicine: apu, lā au hānō, lā au moe, lā au ho omoe, lā au ho ohiamoe, lā au ho onahā, lā au ho opā, lā au ho opi i, lā au ho opi ipi i, lā au ho opūhi u, hālalo po i, aikūpele, ehu,… …
57medicine — See: TAKE ONE S MEDICINE …
58medicine — See: TAKE ONE S MEDICINE …
59Medicine — A term that is particularly common in discussions of Native American religious traditions and practices. In part, it draws attention to the doctoring or healing powers and abilities of medicine people (e.g., Thomas Yellowtail, Nicholas Black… …
60medicine — See: take one s medicine …
