word
Medicine
MEH-duh-suhn
/ˈmɛdʌsʌn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
medicine
Dictionary meaning
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.
Examples
- They studied medicine in hopes of helping people.
Synonyms: practice of medicine
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