(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drug
Narrower terms: acyclovir, Zovirax, alendronate, Fosamax, allopurinol, Zyloprim, amrinone, Inocor, analgesic, anodyne, painkiller, pain pill, angiogenesis inhibitor, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, febrifuge, antiseptic, antispasmodic, spasmolytic, antispasmodic agent, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, APC, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, Imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker, carminative, clofibrate, Atromid-S, clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, disulfiram, Antabuse, dose, dosage, Drixoral, drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, Lopid, hematinic, haematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, Isuprel, isosorbide, Isordil, lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug, statin, methacholine, Mecholyl, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, paregoric, camphorated tincture of opium, patent medicine, penicillamine, Cuprimine, pentylenetetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Metrazol, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic, placebo, powder, prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug, probenecid, purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient, remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic, rubefacient, sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer, soothing syrup, specific, sucralfate, Carafate, sudorific, sudatory, suppository, tincture, tonic, restorative, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic
