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medicament

[ muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh- ]
/ məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə- /
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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 psychology, medical record, medical tourism, medical transcriptionist, medicalize, medicament, medicare, medicate, medicated, medication, medicative

Origin of medicament

1535–45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā(rī) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate
Also called med·i·cant [med-i-kuh nt] /ˈmɛd ɪ kənt/.

Related forms

med·i·ca·men·tal [med-i-kuh-men-tl] /ˌmɛd ɪ kəˈmɛn tl/, med·i·ca·men·tous, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for medicament

medicament

/ (mɪˈdɪkəmənt, ˈmɛdɪ-) /

noun

a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation

Derived Forms

medicamental (ˌmɛdɪkəˈmɛntəl) or medicamentary, adjective

Word Origin for medicament

C16: via French from Latin medicāmentum, from medicāre to cure
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Medicine definitions for medicament

medicament

[ mĭ-dĭk′ə-mənt, mĕd′ĭ-kə- ]

n.

An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.
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