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medicine

me duh suhn

  • n  the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
  • n  (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  • n  the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
    he studied medicine at Harvard
  • n  punishment for one's actions
    take your medicine
  • v  treat medicinally, treat with medicine

  • Could Asia's traditional medicine chest hold the cures to age-old illsand can Western science finally unlock its secrets? Simon Elegant investigates.
  • As researchers finally begin to unravel the secrets of traditional Asian medicine, ancient herbal remedies are being harnessed to combat a range of diseases from malaria to cancer.
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  • Matan Vilnai in FOXNews
    We want to stop supplying electricity to them, stop supplying them with water and medicine, so that it would come from another place,Vilnai said.
  • Barack Obama in Washington Post
    Calling them "naysayers," "fear-mongers" and peddlers of "Trojan horse" falsehoods, Obama warned interest groups, lobbyists and others against using "fear tactics to paint any effort to achieve reform as an attempt to socialize medicine."
  • Elle Macpherson in Ninemsn
    However, a statement issued on her behalf today said: "Following comments made in a newspaper article, Elle Macpherson would like to clarify that, whilst she has great respect for Chinese medicine, she is also fundamentally opposed to any activity...

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