| slovo | definícia |
medicine
(mass) | medicine
- medicína, liek |
medicine
(encz) | medicine,léčivo n: Zdeněk Brož |
medicine
(encz) | medicine,lék n: |
medicine
(encz) | medicine,lékařství n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
medicine
(encz) | medicine,medicína n: |
medicine
(encz) | medicine,podávat léky v: Zdeněk Brož |
medicine
(gcide) | Physic \Phys"ic\ (f[i^]z"[i^]k), n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF.
phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L.
physica, physice, fr. Gr. fysikh`, fr. fysiko`s natural, from
fy`sis nature, fr. fy`ein to produce, grow, akin to E. be.
See Be, and cf. Physics, Physique.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term,
superseded by medicine. [archaic] "A doctor of physik."
--Chaucer.
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2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
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3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
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4. A physician. [R.] --Shak.
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Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous
tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well
flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them
dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
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Medicine
(gcide) | Medicine \Med"i*cine\, v. t.
To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
to cure. "Medicine thee to that sweet sleep." --Shak.
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Medicine
(gcide) | Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
alleviation of disease.
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2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
medicament; a remedy; physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak.
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3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
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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. --F. H.
Giddings.
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(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
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6. Short for Medicine man.
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7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
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Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North
American Indians, or in works relating to them.
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person
who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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medicine
(wn) | medicine
n 1: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical
techniques [syn: medicine, medical specialty]
2: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates
the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medication,
medicament, medicinal drug]
3: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training
in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or
alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied
medicine at Harvard" [syn: medicine, {practice of
medicine}]
4: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music";
"take your medicine" [syn: music, medicine]
v 1: treat medicinally, treat with medicine [syn: medicate,
medicine] |
medicine
(devil) | MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
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administer a medicine
(encz) | administer a medicine,podat lék [med.] |
cold medicine
(encz) | cold medicine, n: |
complementary medicine
(encz) | complementary medicine, n: |
dental medicine
(encz) | dental medicine, n: |
emergency medicine
(encz) | emergency medicine, n: |
family medicine
(encz) | family medicine, n: |
forensic medicine
(encz) | forensic medicine, n: |
general medicine
(encz) | general medicine, n: |
give him a taste of his own medicine
(encz) | give him a taste of his own medicine, |
herbal medicine
(encz) | herbal medicine, n: |
holistic medicine
(encz) | holistic medicine, n: |
internal medicine
(encz) | internal medicine, |
lipid-lowering medicine
(encz) | lipid-lowering medicine, n: |
medicine ball
(encz) | medicine ball,medicinální míč n: [sport.] Pinomedicine ball,medicinbal n: [sport.] Zdeněk Brož |
medicine cabinet
(encz) | medicine cabinet, n: |
medicine chest
(encz) | medicine chest, n: |
medicine man
(encz) | medicine man,šaman n: Milan Svoboda |
medicine-man
(encz) | medicine-man,šaman n: Zdeněk Brož |
nuclear medicine
(encz) | nuclear medicine, n: |
over-the-counter medicine
(encz) | over-the-counter medicine, n: |
own medicine
(encz) | own medicine, |
patent medicine
(encz) | patent medicine,značkový lék Zdeněk Brož |
pediatric medicine
(encz) | pediatric medicine, n: |
pharmacological medicine
(encz) | pharmacological medicine, n: |
practice of medicine
(encz) | practice of medicine, n: |
prescription medicine
(encz) | prescription medicine, n: |
preventive medicine
(encz) | preventive medicine, n: |
psychological medicine
(encz) | psychological medicine, n: |
school of medicine
(encz) | school of medicine, n: |
socialized medicine
(encz) | socialized medicine, |
space medicine
(encz) | space medicine, n: |
sports medicine
(encz) | sports medicine, n: |
thoracic medicine
(encz) | thoracic medicine, n: |
tropical medicine
(encz) | tropical medicine, n: |
urogenital medicine
(encz) | urogenital medicine, n: |
veterinary medicine
(encz) | veterinary medicine, n: |
aerospace medicine consultation service
(czen) | Aerospace Medicine Consultation Service,ACS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
biomedicine
(gcide) | biomedicine \bi"o*med`i*cine\ n.
1. The application of the principles and techniques of the
natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and
solve problems in clinical medicine.
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2. The investigation of the effects of external environmental
factors such as weightlessness on the human body.
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Clinical medicine
(gcide) | Clinical \Clin"ic*al\ (kl[i^]n"[i^]k*al), Clinic \Clin"ic\
(kl[i^]n"[i^]k), a. [Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr.
kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v.
i.]
1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
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2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease
in the living subject.
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Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a
sick bed.
Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics.
Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics
illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living
patients.
Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of
medicine or surgery which is occupied with the
investigation of disease in the living subject.
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doctor of medicine
(gcide) | Degree \De*gree"\, n. [F. degr['e], OF. degret, fr. LL.
degradare. See Degrade.]
1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.]
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By ladders, or else by degree. --Rom. of R.
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2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward,
in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in
progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and
virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
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3. The point or step of progression to which a person has
arrived; rank or station in life; position. "A dame of
high degree." --Dryden. "A knight is your degree." --Shak.
"Lord or lady of high degree." --Lowell.
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4. Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ
in kind as well as in degree.
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The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is
different in different times and different places.
--Sir. J.
Reynolds.
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5. Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college
or university, in recognition of their attainments; also,
(informal) the diploma provided by an educational
institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as,
the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to
hang one's degrees on the office wall.
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Note: In the United States diplomas are usually given as the
evidence of a degree conferred. In the humanities the
first degree is that of bachelor of arts (B. A. or A.
B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A.
M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science,
divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who
complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study.
The first degree in medicine is that of {doctor of
medicine} (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are
also conferred, in course, upon those who have
completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as
doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); the degree of doctor
is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of
eminent services in science or letters, or for public
services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.)
or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called
honorary degrees.
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The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and
left the university. --Macaulay.
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6. (Genealogy) A certain distance or remove in the line of
descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in
the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or
fourth degree.
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In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground
in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in
the seventh degree according to the civil law.
--Hallam.
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus,
140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
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8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more
particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum
of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^2b^3c
is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or
radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by
the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown
quantities in any term; thus, ax^4 + bx^2 = c, and
mx^2y^2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth
degree.
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9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle,
which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for
arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and
the minute into 60 seconds.
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10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical
or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff.
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Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees.
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Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.) See under
Accumulation.
By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate
advances. "I'll leave it by degrees." --Shak.
Degree of a curve or Degree of a surface (Geom.), the
number which expresses the degree of the equation of the
curve or surface in rectilinear coordinates. A straight
line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a
number of points equal to the degree of the curve or
surface and no more.
Degree of latitude (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a
meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes
differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not
the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of
the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute
miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles.
Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude
between two meridians that make an angle of one degree
with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as
the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16
statute miles.
To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to
a degree.
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It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave
to a degree on occasions when races more favored by
nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Epidermic administration of medicine
(gcide) | Epidermic \Ep`i*der"mic\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]pidermique.]
Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.
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Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the
application of medicine to the skin by friction.
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Forensic medicine
(gcide) | Forensic \Fo*ren"sic\, a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public
place, market place. See Forum.]
Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and
debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions;
argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or
disputes.
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Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its
relations to law.
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Institutes of medicine
(gcide) | Institute \In"sti*tute\, n. [L. institutum: cf. F. institut. See
Institute, v. t. & a.]
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1. The act of instituting; institution. [Obs.] "Water
sanctified by Christ's institute." --Milton.
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2. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law,
habit, or custom. --Glover.
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3. Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept,
maxim, or rule, recognized as established and
authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such
principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of
legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of
Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf.
Digest, n.
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They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy.
--Burke.
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To make the Stoics' institutes thy own. --Dryden.
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4. An institution; a society established for the promotion of
learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute
of Technology; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute;
as, the Cooper Institute.
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5. (Scots Law) The person to whom an estate is first given by
destination or limitation. --Tomlins.
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Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that
department of medical science which attempts to account
philosophically for the various phenomena of health as
well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of
medicine. --Dunglison.
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Medicine
(gcide) | Physic \Phys"ic\ (f[i^]z"[i^]k), n. [OE. phisike, fisike, OF.
phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L.
physica, physice, fr. Gr. fysikh`, fr. fysiko`s natural, from
fy`sis nature, fr. fy`ein to produce, grow, akin to E. be.
See Be, and cf. Physics, Physique.]
1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the
theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term,
superseded by medicine. [archaic] "A doctor of physik."
--Chaucer.
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2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of
sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.
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3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.
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4. A physician. [R.] --Shak.
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Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous
tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well
flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them
dangerous if eaten in large quantities.
[1913 Webster]Medicine \Med"i*cine\, v. t.
To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
to cure. "Medicine thee to that sweet sleep." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
alleviation of disease.
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2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
medicament; a remedy; physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak.
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3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. --F. H.
Giddings.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
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6. Short for Medicine man.
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7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
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Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North
American Indians, or in works relating to them.
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person
who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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Medicine bag
(gcide) | Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
alleviation of disease.
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2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
medicament; a remedy; physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak.
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3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. --F. H.
Giddings.
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(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
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6. Short for Medicine man.
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7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
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Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North
American Indians, or in works relating to them.
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person
who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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medicine dropper
(gcide) | dropper \drop"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly
that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly.
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2. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow
opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can
be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The
word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as
eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn: eye dropper. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves,
the main lode.
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4. (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it
sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an
occasional, habit of the setter.
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Medicine man
(gcide) | Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
alleviation of disease.
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2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
medicament; a remedy; physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak.
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3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. --F. H.
Giddings.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. Short for Medicine man.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North
American Indians, or in works relating to them.
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person
who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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Medicine seal
(gcide) | Medicine \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See Medical.]
1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
alleviation of disease.
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2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a
medicament; a remedy; physic.
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By medicine, life may be prolonged. --Shak.
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3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5.
(a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed
to give control over natural or magical forces, to act
as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also,
magical power itself; the potency which a charm,
token, or rite is supposed to exert.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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. --F. H.
Giddings.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6. Short for Medicine man.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North
American Indians, or in works relating to them.
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person
who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman.
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
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Psychical medicine
(gcide) | Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus,
Gr. ?, fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F.
psychique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living
principle in man.
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Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have
employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the
living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or
spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word
describes the human soul in its relation to sense,
appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished
from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do
with the supersensible world. --Heyse.
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2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
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Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness (Med.), forms of
nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and
hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate
the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen.
Psychical contagion, the transference of disease,
especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force
of example.
Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which
treats of mental diseases.
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Suggestive medicine
(gcide) | Suggestive medicine \Sug*gest"ive med"i*cine\
Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a
more or less hypnotized patient.
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aeromedicine
(wn) | aeromedicine
n 1: the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight
(especially with space flight) [syn: aeromedicine,
aerospace medicine, aviation medicine] |
aerospace medicine
(wn) | aerospace medicine
n 1: the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight
(especially with space flight) [syn: aeromedicine,
aerospace medicine, aviation medicine] |
alternative medicine
(wn) | alternative medicine
n 1: the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may
involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback
or acupuncture |
aviation medicine
(wn) | aviation medicine
n 1: the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight
(especially with space flight) [syn: aeromedicine,
aerospace medicine, aviation medicine] |
bachelor of medicine
(wn) | Bachelor of Medicine
n 1: (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine [syn:
Bachelor of Medicine, MB] |
biomedicine
(wn) | biomedicine
n 1: the branch of medical science that applies biological and
physiological principles to clinical practice
2: the branch of medical science that studies the ability of
organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space
travel) |
botanical medicine
(wn) | botanical medicine
n 1: the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes
(especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
[syn: phytotherapy, herbal therapy, {botanical
medicine}] |
cold medicine
(wn) | cold medicine
n 1: medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common
cold |
complementary medicine
(wn) | complementary medicine
n 1: the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine
with alternative medicine |
dental medicine
(wn) | dental medicine
n 1: the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and
development and diseases of the teeth [syn: dentistry,
dental medicine, odontology] |
doctor of dental medicine
(wn) | Doctor of Dental Medicine
n 1: a doctor's degree in dental medicine [syn: {Doctor of
Dental Medicine}, DMD] |
doctor of medicine
(wn) | Doctor of Medicine
n 1: a doctor's degree in medicine [syn: Doctor of Medicine,
MD] |
emergency medicine
(wn) | emergency medicine
n 1: the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis
and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness |
family medicine
(wn) | family medicine
n 1: medical practice that provides health care regardless of
age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit [syn:
family practice, family medicine] |
forensic medicine
(wn) | forensic medicine
n 1: the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge
for legal purposes; "forensic pathology provided the
evidence that convicted the murderer" [syn: {forensic
medicine}, forensic pathology] |
general medicine
(wn) | general medicine
n 1: the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and
(nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs
(especially in adults) [syn: internal medicine, {general
medicine}] |
herbal medicine
(wn) | herbal medicine
n 1: a medicine made from plants and used to prevent or treat
disease or promote health
2: the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or
promote health |
holistic medicine
(wn) | holistic medicine
n 1: medical care of the whole person considered as subject to
personal and social as well as organic factors; "holistic
medicine treats the mind as well as the body" |
internal medicine
(wn) | internal medicine
n 1: the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and
(nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs
(especially in adults) [syn: internal medicine, {general
medicine}] |
lipid-lowering medicine
(wn) | lipid-lowering medicine
n 1: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by
inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase [syn: {lipid-lowering
medicine}, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug,
statin] |
medicine ball
(wn) | medicine ball
n 1: heavy ball used in physical training |
medicine cabinet
(wn) | medicine cabinet
n 1: cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries [syn: {medicine
chest}, medicine cabinet] |
medicine chest
(wn) | medicine chest
n 1: cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries [syn: {medicine
chest}, medicine cabinet] |
medicine man
(wn) | medicine man
n 1: a Native American shaman |
national library of medicine
(wn) | National Library of Medicine
n 1: the world's largest medical library [syn: {National Library
of Medicine}, United States National Library of Medicine,
U.S. National Library of Medicine] |
nuclear medicine
(wn) | nuclear medicine
n 1: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials
either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased
cells |
over-the-counter medicine
(wn) | over-the-counter medicine
n 1: a drug that is sold without a prescription [syn: {over-the-
counter drug}, over-the-counter medicine] [ant: {ethical
drug}, prescription, prescription drug, {prescription
medicine}] |
patent medicine
(wn) | patent medicine
n 1: medicine that is protected by a patent and available
without a doctor's prescription |
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