as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicine
Klotho Neurosciences is in a pre-revenue state and focuses on developing medicines for chronic diseases, including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Each country, for instance, can set up its own medicine reimbursement rates under its national social security program.
—Agathe Demarais, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
Issues about foreign countries, travel, publishing and higher learning, as well as medicine and the law, will be of interest.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
The chief takeaway from this study is that every bit of exercise is important, said Dr. Sean P. Heffron, an assistant professor of medicine and director of cardiovascular fitness and nutrition at New York University Langone Medical Health.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Each country, for instance, can set up its own medicine reimbursement rates under its national social security program.
—Agathe Demarais, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
Issues about foreign countries, travel, publishing and higher learning, as well as medicine and the law, will be of interest.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024
The chief takeaway from this study is that every bit of exercise is important, said Dr. Sean P. Heffron, an assistant professor of medicine and director of cardiovascular fitness and nutrition at New York University Langone Medical Health.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
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From routine costs — like co-pays at doctor's visits, therapy sessions and prescription medications — to unexpected medical bills, health care expenses weigh heavily on many people's budgets.Becca Stanek, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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At first, these medications were used to treat diabetes.Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Additional drug paraphilia was also found in the vehicle, according to police.Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Both companies have recently found success by selling weight loss drugs.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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But this is at best a remedy for the selection of inadequately prepared people set up to fail at their tasks and, at worst, an excuse for the elevation of unfit characters.The Editors, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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In the first part of the last century, the only remedy for decay was to pull the tooth.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Millions of people depend on government jobs, and on the protections that regulators provide from predatory businesses, like those that gave us opioid abuse and cigarettes as a cure for asthma.Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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But the musician is also looking for possible cures.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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