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medicine

med.i.cine \'med-*-s*n, Brit usu 'med-s*n\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L medicina, 
   fr. fem. of medicinus of a physician,]fr. medicus 1a: a substance or 
   preparation used in treating disease  1b: something that affects well-being 
    2: the science and art of preventing, alleviating, or curing disease; es p 
   : the branch of this field concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of 
   disease 3: a drug or similar substance used other than to treat disease  4: 
   an object held by the No. American Indians to give control over natural  or 
   magical forces; also : magical power or a magical rite - medicine vt