medicine

medicine
noun
1 science of treating/preventing illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ modern
▪

advances in modern medicine

▪ traditional
▪

qualified in traditional Chinese medicine

▪ folk
▪

Garlic was widely used in folk medicine.

▪ conventional, orthodox
▪ alternative, complementary, holistic, homeopathic, naturopathic, etc.
▪ preventative, preventive
▪ academic, clinical, forensic, scientific
▪ family, general
▪

She gave up general medicine to specialize in geriatrics.

▪ geriatric, internal, obstetric, paediatric/pediatric, veterinary, etc.
▪ Ayurvedic, Chinese, Oriental, Western
▪ private (esp. BrE), public-health (BrE), socialized (esp. AmE)
▪

She believed private medicine was a threat to the existence of the National Health Service.

VERB + MEDICINE
▪ train in
▪ qualify in
▪ practise/practice
▪

people practising alternative medicine

PHRASES
▪ a branch of medicine
2 substance taken to treat an illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful, strong
▪ allergy, cough, etc.
▪

a bottle of cough medicine

▪ anti-inflammatory, antiviral, etc.
▪ botanical, herbal
▪ prescription
▪ non-prescription (esp. AmE), over-the-counter
… OF MEDICINE
▪ dose
VERB + MEDICINE
▪ take
▪ swallow
▪ prescribe (sb)
▪ administer, give sb
▪ dispense
▪ treat sb with
MEDICINE + NOUN
▪ cabinet, chest
▪ bottle, dropper
PREPOSITION
▪ medicine for
▪

medicine for a chest infection


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