Sunday, November 7, 2010

Theme: Medicine

The definition (from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medicine)

–noun

1.
any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.

2.
the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition, as by means of drugs, surgical operations or appliances, or manipulations: often divided into medicine proper, surgery, and obstetrics.

3.
the art or science of treating disease with drugs or curative substances, as distinguished from surgery and obstetrics.

4.
the medical profession.

5.
(among North American Indians) any object or practice regarded as having magical powers.

Here are some synonyms:
anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine

And for the nerds amoung us:
The Latin word for medicine is medicámentum, if for the chest it is called narthécium.
Or is it rememdium? Ahhh Latin......

Does anyone know of a good English/Latin online dictionary?


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