medicament
Americannoun
noun
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
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If the medicaments are innocuous, there’s little harm except to the patients’ pocketbooks.
From Los Angeles Times
Bercow’s international celebrity has been stoked by his flamboyant verbal style in Parliament and fondness for distinctively obscure words like “chuntering” and “medicament.”
From Washington Times
No more will we hear Bercow’s advice that the right honorable gentle person from wherever “take a soothing medicament” and calm down.
From Washington Post
Bercow invites overexcited members to take “their medicaments” or to step out of the chamber, and sometimes just yells “Zen!” to see if that will have any effect.
From The New Yorker
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
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