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Synonyms for medicament


Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-
Phonetic Transcription : məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-

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Définition of medicament

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "medical skill; a medicinal compound," from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum "drug, remedy," literally "means of healing," from medicare "to heal, cure" (see medication).
  • noun cure
  • noun drug
Example sentences :
  • A medicament in alcohol, oil or water, applied by friction to the skin.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • They had stuffed me full of quinine, he said, and it was not the medicament that I wanted.
  • Extract from : « Eyes Like the Sea » by Mr Jkai
  • He then put on a bandage dipped in some medicament of his own composition.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 » by Various
  • On Hanuman's return, the medicament is administered, and Lakshman revives.
  • Extract from : « Tales from the Hindu Dramatists » by R. N. Dutta
  • He tried one, and it seemed to be composed in equal parts of sawdust and the medicament called "Rough-on-rats!"
  • Extract from : « The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith » by S. R. Crockett
  • I remember to have cured a disconsolate widower, who obstinately refused every other medicament, by a strict course of geology.
  • Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I rarely or never prescribe alcohol as a medicament or a food, or sanction its use as a beverage.
  • Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
  • But let us not speak of this: it is galling to be able to inveigh against folly without possessing the medicament for its cure.
  • Extract from : « Calavar » by Robert Montgomery Bird
  • For so great power was never conferred on any Medicament, that it could change the Nature of Man.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires » by John Frederick Helvetius
  • After a while nothing would content him but her taking a medicament he went and brought her.
  • Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade

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