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medicament
English
Etymology
From Middle French médicament, from Latin medicamentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d?k?m?nt/, /m??d?k?m?nt/
Noun
medicament (plural medicaments)
- A medicine, medication or drug.
- 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,”[1]
- Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not with any medicament of a contrary temper, as the Galenistes vse to cure [contraria contrarijs] but as the Paracelsians, who cure [similia similibus] making one dolour to expell another, and in this case, one short sorrowing the remedie of a long and grieuous sorrow.
- 1760, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law, Sixth edition, London, 1797, Volume III, “Physicians,” p. 88,[2]
- Forasmuch as the soul is far more precious than the body, we do prohibit under the pain of anathema, that no physician for the health of the body, shall prescribe to a sick person any thing which may prove perilous to the soul. But when it happens that he is called to a sick person, he shall first of all effectually persuade them to send for the physicians of the soul; that after the sick person hath taken care for his spiritual medicament, he may with better effect proceed to the cure of his body.
- 1837, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Volume 1, Chapter 8,[3]
- The Saracens gave an entirely new face to pharmacy and chemistry. They introduced a great variety of salutary medicaments into Europe.
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part One, Chapter 4,
- The musty smell of old thatch was mingled with the smell of Mrs Tulsi’s medicaments: bay rum, soft candles, Canadian Healing Oil, ammonia.
- 1986, Maurice Miller, Hansard, 17 February, 1986,[4]
- Before any drug or medicament is loosed upon the public, it is essential for its toxicity to be tested. That testing involves animals, but not necessarily in the way that LD50 previously worked.
- 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,”[1]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:pharmaceutical
Derived terms
- medicamental
- medicamentary
- medicamentation
- medicamentous
References
Anagrams
- minced meat
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin medic?mentum.
Noun
medicament m (plural medicaments)
- medicine
Further reading
- “medicament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “medicament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “medicament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “medicament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch medicament, from Middle French medicament, from Latin medic?mentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?.di.ka??m?nt/
- Hyphenation: me?di?ca?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
medicament n (plural medicamenten)
- A medicament, a medicine. [from early 17th c.]
- Synonyms: geneesmiddel, medicijn
Descendants
- ? West Frisian: medikamint
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French médicament.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.di.ka?ment/
Noun
medicament n (plural medicamente)
- medicine, drug, medication
Declension
Related terms
- medicamenta
- medicamentos
See also
- medicin?
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medic
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d?k/
- Homophone: medick
- Rhymes: -?d?k
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).
Adjective
medic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
Noun
medic (plural medics)
- A doctor.
- A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
- A medical student.
Related terms
- medical
- medicament
- medication
- medicate
- medicinal
- medicine
- premedication
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)
- Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”)
Further reading
- medic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- medic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- medic at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- decim, demic, miced
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin medicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me.dik/
Adjective
medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)
- medical
Declension
Synonyms
- medical
Noun
medic m (plural medici, feminine equivalent medic?)
- doctor, physician
Declension
Synonyms
- doctor
Derived terms
- protomedic
Related terms
- medica
- medicament
- medicamenta
- medicamentare
- medicin?
- medico-
Etymology 2
From med (“Median”) +? -ic.
Adjective
medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)
- Median
Declension
Related terms
- med
- Media
References
- medic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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