medicament

American  

[muh-dik-uh-muhnt, med-i-kuh-] / məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə- /

noun

1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy.

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medicament British  

/ ˈmɛdɪ-, ˌmɛdɪkəˈmɛntəl, mɪˈdɪkəmənt /

noun

1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation

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Other Word Forms

• medicamental adjective
• medicamentous adjective

Etymology

Origin of medicament

1535–45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā ( rī ) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate

Example Sentences

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

For which reason, in small diluted doses, the same medicament will curatively meet this train of symptoms when occurring as a morbid state.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Hast thou a single seraph-eyed medicament To ease our sorrow and our twitching woe?

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick

I read your letter over and over, but its sweet medicament cannot purge my breast.

From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by More, Paul Elmer