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How to pronounce medicine
Say it like this: /ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does medicine mean?
nounA substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
“This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.”
Any treatment or cure.
“A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?”
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
“She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.”
verbTo treat with medicine.
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