medicament
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of medicament
1535–45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā ( rī ) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate
Example Sentences
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I have to bring every kind of instrument, every kind of medicament, everything you could think of in two bags: one large suitcase and one satchel that goes over my shoulders.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2017
The Journal, watchdog for the U. S. medical profession which examines every patent medicine and household medicament, has been sniffing at this proprietary bone for some time.
From Time Magazine Archive
They said that a medicament which the countess used herself could not possibly do Milly any harm.
From Pretty Michal by Jókai, Mór
Treat disease through diet, by preference, refraining from the use of drugs; and if you find what is required in a single herb, do not resort to a compound medicament....
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
It is mercury alone that can make the body undecaying and immortal, as it is said— "Only this supreme medicament can make the body undecaying and imperishable."
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
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