Pharmacy vs. Medicine
Pharmacynoun
A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.
Medicinenoun
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
Pharmacynoun
The science of medicinal substances comprising pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry and forensics.
Medicinenoun
A treatment or cure.
Pharmacynoun
The occupation of a pharmacist.
Medicinenoun
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
Pharmacynoun
The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.
Medicinenoun
The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
Pharmacynoun
A place where medicines are compounded; a drug store; an apothecary's shop.
Medicinenoun
Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
Pharmacynoun
the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
Medicinenoun
Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
Pharmacynoun
a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
Medicinenoun
(obsolete) black magic, superstition.
Pharmacynoun
a shop or hospital dispensary where medicinal drugs are prepared or sold
‘the local pharmacy’;
Medicinenoun
(obsolete) A philter or love potion.
Pharmacynoun
the science or practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs
‘courses in pharmacy’;
Medicinenoun
(obsolete) A physician.
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the clinical health science that links medical science with chemistry and it is charged with the discovery, production, disposal, safe and effective use, and control of medications and drugs. The practice of pharmacy requires excellent knowledge of drugs, their mechanism of action, side effects, interactions, mobility and toxicity.
Medicinenoun
(slang) recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks
Medicineverb
To treat with medicine.
Medicinenoun
The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
Medicinenoun
Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic.
‘By medicine, life may be prolonged.’;
Medicinenoun
A philter or love potion.
Medicinenoun
A physician.
Medicinenoun
Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert.
‘The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty.’;
Medicinenoun
Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
Medicinenoun
Short for Medicine man.
Medicinenoun
Intoxicating liquor; drink.
Medicineverb
To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
Medicinenoun
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Medicinenoun
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Medicinenoun
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;
‘he studied medicine at Harvard’;
Medicinenoun
punishment for one's actions;
‘you have to face the music’; ‘take your medicine’;
Medicineverb
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
Medicinenoun
the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery)
‘he made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine’; ‘the remarkable achievements of modern medicine’;
Medicinenoun
a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease
‘your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines’; ‘give her some medicine’;
Medicinenoun
(especially among some North American Indian peoples) a spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power
‘Fleur was murdering him by use of bad medicine’;
Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
