1. Noun
The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.
2. Noun
A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
3. Noun
Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
4. Noun
A physician.
5. Verb
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
6. Verb
To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.
7. Noun
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare
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