medicament
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Origin of medicament
1535–45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā ( rī ) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate
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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
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
I rarely or never prescribe alcohol as a medicament or a food, or sanction its use as a beverage.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
He tried one, and it seemed to be composed in equal parts of sawdust and the medicament called "Rough-on-rats!"
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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