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

To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

I continued the medicament every four hours for several days, for no further uses for medicine seemed indicated, as there was a rapid and complete recovery.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

For in the beginning men took snuff, not as an everyday luxury, but as a medicament.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.