1. [n]  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"
2. [n]  punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
3. [n]  
4. [n]  the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
5. [v]  treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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1. \Med"i*cine\, n. [L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus
   medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. m['e]decine. See {Medical}.]
   1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or
      alleviation of disease.
   2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a
      remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
            By medicine, life may be prolonged.   --Shak.
   3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.] --Shak.
   4. [F. m['e]decin.] A physician. [Obs.] --Shak.
   {Medicine bag}, a charm; -- so called among the North
      American Indians, or in works relating to them.
   {Medicine man} (among the North American Indians), a person
      who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits,
      and regulate the weather by the arts of magic.
   {Medicine seal}, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed
      characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by
      Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.
   

2. \Med"i*cine\, v. t.
   To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy;
   to cure. ``Medicine thee to that sweet sleep.'' --Shak.
   

3. \Med"i*cine\, n.
   1.
      (a) 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.           --F. H.
                                                  Giddings.
      (b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
   2. Short for {Medicine man}.
   3. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang]
   

1. A scientifically-based discipline dedicated to the prevention and treatment of disease and injury.
2. A compound used to treat disease, injury or pain.