medicine

noun
me·di·cine
med'''′'''-sǐn

A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

Example

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

Other meanings

Any treatment or cure.
“A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?”
The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

Example sentences

“Can I crush medicines before taking them?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“I think you took too much of that cough medicine.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "medicīna".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “medicine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.