medicines

noun

punishment for one's actions

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

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

verb

treat medicinally, treat with medicine

Roots

medicusmedic- · Latin · physician, healing

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The word medicines breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root medic-, from Latin medicus (“physician, healing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.