medicament

[muh-dik-uh-muhnt, med-i-kuh-]

noun

1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy.

medicament

/ ˈmɛdɪ-, ˌmɛdɪkəˈmɛntəl, mɪˈdɪkəmənt /

noun

1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation

Other Word Forms

• medicamental adjective
• medicamentous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicament¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicament¹

C16: via French from Latin medicāmentum, from medicāre to cure