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Medicine

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Angiology 76% connected

That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

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Anodyne 76% connected

Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

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Anthelmintic 76% connected

Good against intestinal worms.

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Antiemetic 76% connected

Same as Antemetic.

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Antiepileptic 76% connected

Same as Antepileptic.

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Antipyretic 76% connected

Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

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Antiseptic 76% connected

Alt. of Antiseptical

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Antispasmodic 76% connected

Good against spasms.

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Aperient 76% connected

Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

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Astringent 76% connected

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

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Bactericide 76% connected

Same as Germicide.

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Bacteriology 76% connected

The science relating to bacteria.

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Carminative 76% connected

Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.

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Cathartic 76% connected

Alt. of Catharical

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Chiropody 76% connected

The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

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Curative 76% connected

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

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Cure 76% connected

Care, heed, or attention.

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Demulcent 76% connected

Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.

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Dentistry 76% connected

The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

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Depressant 76% connected

An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.

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Dermatology 76% connected

The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

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Diagnostics 76% connected

That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.

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Diaphoretic 76% connected

Alt. of Diaphoretical

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Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Epidemiology 76% connected

That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

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Expectorant 76% connected

Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.

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Febrifuge 76% connected

A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.

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Gynaecology 76% connected

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Gynecology 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.

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Haematology 76% connected

The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.

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Helminthic 76% connected

Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.

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Hematology 76% connected

The science which treats of the blood.

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Hygiene 76% connected

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules d…

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Hygienics 76% connected

The science of health; hygiene.

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Immunology 76% connected

The branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.

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Inhalant 76% connected

Inhaling; used for inhaling.

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Inhalation 76% connected

The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.

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Lupulin 76% connected

A bitter principle extracted from hops.

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Materia medica 76% connected

Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

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Midwifery 76% connected

The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.

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Nephrology 76% connected

A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

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Neurology 76% connected

The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

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Nosology 76% connected

A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

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Nux vomica 76% connected

The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons know…

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Obstetrics 76% connected

The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

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Odontology 76% connected

The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

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Oncology 76% connected

The study and treatment of tumors.

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Ophthalmology 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye.

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Otology 76% connected

The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

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Oxytocic 76% connected

Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.

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Paediatrics 76% connected

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Paregoric 76% connected

Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

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Pediatrics 76% connected

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Pharmaceutic 76% connected

Alt. of Pharmaceutical

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Pharmaceutical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the knowledge or art of pharmacy, or to the art of preparing medicines according to the rules or formulas of pharmacy; as, pharma…

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Pharmaceutics 76% connected

The science of preparing medicines.

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Pharmacology 76% connected

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

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Pharmacy 76% connected

The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occu…

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Physic 76% connected

The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.

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Placebo 76% connected

The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

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Powder 76% connected

The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

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Prescription 76% connected

The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

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Psychiatry 76% connected

The application of the healing art to mental diseases.

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Purgative 76% connected

Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.

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Remedy 76% connected

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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Restorative 76% connected

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

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Rubefacient 76% connected

Making red.

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Sedative 76% connected

Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize

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Specific 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute i…

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Styptic 76% connected

Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

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Sudatory 76% connected

Sweating; perspiring.

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Sudorific 76% connected

Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs.

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Suppository 76% connected

A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

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Therapeutic 76% connected

Alt. of Therapeutical

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Therapeutics 76% connected

That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

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Tincture 76% connected

A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

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Tocology 76% connected

The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

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Tonic 76% connected

Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstructi…

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Urology 76% connected

See Uronology.

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Vermicide 76% connected

A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

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Vermifuge 76% connected

A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

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Dose 76% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Salve 76% connected

Hail!

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Punishment 76% connected

The act of punishing.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Medical 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medi…

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Medical 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medi…

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Medicate 74% connected

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

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Medicate 74% connected

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

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Physostigmine 70% connected

An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline;…

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Medicament 92% connected

Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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Medicate 92% connected

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

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Medication 92% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Music 92% connected

The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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