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UK [ˈmed(ə)s(ə)n] / US [ˈmedɪsɪn] noun
Word forms "medicine":
singular medicine plural medicines
1) [countable/uncountable] a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid that you drink

cough medicine

a medicine bottle

take medicine:

You have to take the medicine three times a day.

2) [uncountable] the study and practice of treating or preventing illnesses and injuries

He went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University.

She donated her body to medicine.

an ongoing battle between alternative and orthodox medicine

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Collocations:
Adjectives frequently used with medicine
▪  alternative, complementary, conventional, herbal, orthodox, traditional

give someone a taste/dose of their own medicine — to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated someone else

It's time those cheats got a taste of their own medicine.


English dictionary. 2014.

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