Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. 2. (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic. 3. (n.) A philter or love potion. 4. (n.) A physician. 5. (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
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