单词 | medicine |
例句 | medicinemedicine /ˈmedəsən/ noun ► medicine a substance used for treating illness, for example in the form of a pill or liquid: ► drug a medicine, or a substance for making medicines: ► medication medicine that a person takes over a period of time for a particular illness: ► remedy a medicine or treatment for an illness or pain that is not very serious: ► dose a measured amount of medicine: ► prescription the medicine that a doctor says a sick person needs: SYNONYM CHECKMedicine, medication, or drug?If you are talking about the substances that people take to treat their illnesses, you use medicine or medication. Don't say: He takes drugs for his heart problems. Say: He takes medication for his heart problems. | He took some medicine for his cough.You use drug especially when you are talking about companies making substances for medical treatment: The company has developed a new drug that is useful in treating heart problems. |
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