medicine: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of medicine
noun
- countable, uncountable
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
Example: This medicine has fewer adverse effects than others in its drug class.
- broadly, countable
Any treatment or cure.
Example: A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?
- uncountable
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
Example: She's studying medicine at university because she wants to be a doctor in the future.
- uncountable
The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.
Example: The history of medicine can be discretized into eras with differing relationships between physicians and surgeons
Listed forms: medicines, medicin.
Source: Wiktionary — medicine.
verb
- obsolete, rare
To treat with medicine.
Listed forms: medicines, medicining, medicined, medicin.
Source: Wiktionary — medicine.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for medicine.
noun
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
- medical specialty
noun
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
- medication
- medicament
- medicinal drug
noun
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
- practice of medicine
noun
punishment for one's actions
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is medicine in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of medicine
M(3) + E(1) + D(2) + I(1) + C(3) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of medicine
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from medicine
69 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in medicine. Showing up to 24, longest first.