medicament
[ muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh- ]
/ məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə- /
noun
a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
RELATED WORDS
medication, help, corrective, alleviation, antidote, redress, nostrum, recovery, assistance, panacea, treatment, medicine, reparation, remedy, healing, elixir, physic, drug, aid, fix
Nearby words
- medical record,
- medical tourism,
- medical transcriptionist,
- medicalize,
- medically,
- medicant,
- medicare,
- medicaster,
- medicate,
- medicated
Origin of medicament
Also called med·i·cant [med-i-kuh nt] /ˈmɛd ɪ kənt/.
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medicament
/ (mɪˈdɪkəmənt, ˈmɛdɪ-) /
noun
a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation
Word Origin for medicament
C16: via French from Latin medicāmentum, from medicāre to cure
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medicament
mid-15c., "medical skill; a medicinal compound," from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum "drug, remedy," literally "means of healing," from medicare "to heal, cure" (see medication).
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medicament
[ mĭ-dĭk′ə-mənt, mĕd′ĭ-kə- ]
n.
An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.
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