medicine
noun
any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
medicines
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pluralof medicine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Novo Nordisk has partnered with Anthropic’s science-specific platform, Claude Science, to help speed up the discovery and development of new medicines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ehrlich’s antisyphilis drug Salvarsan, followed by the antibacterial Prontosil, showed that systematic chemical screening could yield medicines aimed at specific diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some antibiotics, contraceptive pills and other prescription medicines can have the opposite effect, allowing caffeine to stay trapped in the body for longer and prolonging the effects.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Our role is important in ensuring NHS spending on new medicines reflects the benefits they deliver while protecting valuable health resources for other essential patient services," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Angelina, bring my small cabinet of medicines and the bag of herbs. A hot poultice placed on my belly will help to shrink the womb and parsley will bring away the afterbirth.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
