English Dictionary

medicine

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɛdɪs(ɪ)n/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義 歴史的 主に 廃用 俗語

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug. / (broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.

日本語の意味

医薬品：病気の治療や症状の改善を目的として、体内に取り込むことで効果を発揮する薬品。 / 治療：病気や怪我に対する治療行為全般を示す場合もある。

She bought some medicine at the pharmacy to treat her infection.

彼女は感染症の治療のために薬を薬局で買いました。

意味（1）

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.

意味（2）

(broadly, countable) Any treatment or cure.

A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?

意味（3）

(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

意味（5）

(mainly historical, uncountable) The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons.

the evolving relationship of medicine to surgery in the nineteenth century

意味（6）

(uncountable) Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine.

意味（7）

Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.

The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Black magic, superstition.

意味（9）

(obsolete) A philter or love potion.

If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged. It could not be else. I have drunk medicines.

意味（10）

(obsolete) A physician.

I have seen a medicine / That's able to breathe life into a stone

意味（11）

(slang) Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.

medicines （ plural ）