Medicine | Mean of medicine in English Dictionary

/ˈmɛdəsən/

• Noun
• a substance that is used in treating disease or relieving pain and that is usually in the form of a pill or a liquid
1. a cough medicine
2. herbal medicines
3. He forgot to take his medicine.
4. I took some medicine.
5. Did you look in the medicine cabinet/chest for a pain reliever?
• the science that deals with preventing, curing, and treating diseases
1. Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine.
2. She's interested in a career in medicine.
3. the practice/study of medicine
4. preventive medicine
• harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment you have given other people
1. The movie is about a playboy who gets a taste of his own medicine when the girl he falls in love with jilts him for another guy.

• to accept something that is unpleasant because it is necessary and cannot be avoided
1. If he loses the case, he should just take his medicine and stop complaining.