the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Anything used for healing diseases or wounds, especially a medicine; a medication; a healing application.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A healing substance; anything used as a curative; a medicine or remedy; now, more especially, a healing substance applied externally.
n. Medicinal effect; curative power; the property of healing or remedying disease or disorder.
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n. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Word Usage
"The autoinjectors manufactured, for example by Owen Mumford, thus use very low pressures to inject the medicament, which is injected through a needle in a relatively slow stream."