as in medicine
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease
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Noun
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All of this — new medicines, new jobs, new opportunities for kids — is too important to lose.—
Megan Barkdull,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025 -
Although the secretary of state and Elon Musk have assured the public that the new administration’s actions have not disrupted the distribution of life-saving medicine, that just isn’t true.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The intrigue: Is the rising use of weight-loss drugs causing people to snack less?—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
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
Noun
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Common pain medication could reduce cancer spread, study finds.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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A number of conditions and medications can impede the testing process.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Director Kenneth Branagh treats the fairy tale with as much respect and elegance as a Shakespeare play, elevating the source material to something grander.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Other types of medication that could be prescribed to treat osteoporosis include: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogs, RANKL inhibitor, sclerostin inhibitors, calcitonin analogs and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs), according to the FDA. Making healthy lifestyle decisions.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
22 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
Verb
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At this historical moment, middle- and upper-class European women were increasingly urged to nurse their own babies for growing fear that wet nurses—usually of lower social rank, and sometimes another race—contributed to infant mortality.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
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With Concerning Elbow Injury Rafael Devers Injury: Alex Cora Gives Concerning Update On Red Sox Star Devers has been nursing a shoulder injury which hampered him in 2024.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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An Indian politician claimed that audio clips of him acknowledging corruption in his political party were doctored (the audio in at least one of his clips was verified as real by a press outlet).—
Arvind Narayanan,
WIRED,
13 Dec. 2024
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While there are many variations on this drink, some popular ones include spiced with cinnamon, cloves and black pepper or doctored with a shot of espresso.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Physic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physic. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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