as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicine
New Uses for Old Drugs: Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.
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Eli Tan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One reason is that the group's clinics are absorbing some of the patients who have lost their doctor to concierge medicine.
—Karen Brown, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
The provisions in the spending legislation approved earlier this month included $8 billion for rental assistance for 7 million people; $2.1 billion in food and medicine for starving people, and for military support abroad; $900 for NASA and $600 million to combat drug trafficking.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Missionaries also distributed money, medicine and clothes to women in need, simultaneously offering them a handout and a hand up.
—Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
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Eli Tan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One reason is that the group's clinics are absorbing some of the patients who have lost their doctor to concierge medicine.
—Karen Brown, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
The provisions in the spending legislation approved earlier this month included $8 billion for rental assistance for 7 million people; $2.1 billion in food and medicine for starving people, and for military support abroad; $900 for NASA and $600 million to combat drug trafficking.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Missionaries also distributed money, medicine and clothes to women in need, simultaneously offering them a handout and a hand up.
—Jenna Deep, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
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Later in February, Schreiner posted a video claiming the athlete's running speed became slower after taking medication to increase estrogen.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The unlicensed plastic surgery recovery house next door, common in Miami suburbs There’s no unique license for recovery centers, although their services — including personal care such as bathing and dressing, and helping give prescribed medication — aligns with being an assisted living facility.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Drug dealers mix fentanyl, because of its potency and low cost, with other drugs including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, which increases the likelihood of a fatal dose, according to the DEA.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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President Claudia Sheinbaum early this month stressed that to stop the flow of drugs into the United States, the U.S. must address gun smuggling.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Apple cider vinegar is an old remedy that contains acetic acid and other health-promoting compounds.—
Yvelette Stines,
Verywell Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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Capital One and Discover are rebounding from Monday’s decline as investors weigh the possibility of remedies if, in fact, the Department of Justice tries to block the merger.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Join 41 others in the comments View Comments If so, the bar for buying into a cure for a new condition should be raised.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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For billions of people, TB is already a nightmare disease, both because the bacterium is unusually powerful and because world leaders have done a poor job of distributing cures.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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