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
Weldon is an ex-congressman who was practicing medicine in relative political obscurity before Trump tapped him to lead the CDC, reportedly at the behest of Kennedy.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Ambler's work has attracted attention from leading advocates of music in medicine, reflecting a growing international movement.
—Elizabeth Cook, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
Tailoring health offerings to meet local needs can involve designing low-cost diagnostics for rural areas, incorporating traditional medicine into product portfolios or addressing dietary health concerns unique to specific populations.
—Aman Gupta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Halle Berry also locked lips with Adrien Brody and gave him a taste of his own medicine on the red carpet.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Ambler's work has attracted attention from leading advocates of music in medicine, reflecting a growing international movement.
—Elizabeth Cook, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
Tailoring health offerings to meet local needs can involve designing low-cost diagnostics for rural areas, incorporating traditional medicine into product portfolios or addressing dietary health concerns unique to specific populations.
—Aman Gupta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Halle Berry also locked lips with Adrien Brody and gave him a taste of his own medicine on the red carpet.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
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Across the country, families rely on Medicaid to afford doctor visits, medication, and life-saving treatments.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Integrative Approaches To Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD Mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often treated with medication and therapy.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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From drug discovery and clinical decision support to personalized treatment planning and administrative efficiency, healthcare has emerged as one of AI’s most promising and impactful application domains, with potential benefits for providers, patients, and healthcare systems alike.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lilly’s chief rival in the GLP-1 drug class Novo Nordisk was getting hit harder, down almost 10%, after releasing another batch of trial results looking at its next-generation weight-loss treatment called CagriSema.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a motion in Chicago’s U.S. District Court Thursday seeking the release of two people still detained and the enforcement of remedies to prevent unlawful arrests by ICE.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
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 25 Mar. 2025.
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