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noun(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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nounthe act of treating with medicines or remediestype of:
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drug medicine cure therapy specific powder administration prescription dose tonic pharmaceutical remedy sedative dosage therapeutic downer placebo painkiller antiseptic diaphoretic antidepressant blocker medicate inhalation depressant cathartic antihistamine suppository analgesic physic expectorant antibacterial anodyne antabuse immunosuppressive paregoric apc restorative astringent curative immunosuppressant antiviral purgative anticoagulant styptic tincture anthelmintic anticholinergic antispasmodic bronchodilator counterirritant allopurinol acyclovir decongestant statin medicament medicinal drug anthelminthic anti-inflammatory anti-inflammatory drug antiarrhythmic antiarrhythmic drug antiarrhythmic medication antibacterial drug anticholinergic drug anticholinesterase anticoagulant medication anticonvulsant anticonvulsant drug antidepressant drug antidiabetic antidiabetic drug antidiarrheal antidiarrheal drug antidiuretic antidiuretic drug antiemetic antiemetic drug antiepileptic antiepileptic drug antihypertensive antihypertensive drug antiprotozoal antiprotozoal drug antipyretic antispasmodic agent antitussive antiviral agent antiviral drug aperient astringent drug atomic cocktail atromid-s azathioprine bactericide blocking agent calcium-channel blocker calcium blocker camphorated tincture of opium carafate carminative clofibrate clopidogrel bisulfate cold medicine cuprimine cytotoxic drug decoagulant demulcent disulfiram drixoral drug cocktail ethical drug expectorator febrifuge fixed-combination drug fosamax gemfibrozil haart haematinic helminthic hematinic herbal medicine highly active antiretroviral therapy histamine blocker immune suppressant drug immunosuppressive drug immunosuppressor imuran inhalant inocor isoproterenol isordil isosorbide isuprel lipid-lowering medication lipid-lowering medicine lopid mecholyl methacholine metrazol nux vomica over-the-counter drug over-the-counter medicine oxytocic oxytocic drug pain pill patent medicine penicillamine pentamethylenetetrazol pentylenetetrazol pharmaceutic soothing syrup alendronate amrinone angiogenesis inhibitor tyrosine kinase inhibitor vermicide vermifuge zovirax zyloprim plavix prescription drug prescription medicine probenecid rubefacient sedative drug spasmolytic statin drug sucralfate sudatory sudorific giving medication antipyresis