Health / A2

MEDSN/ˈmedsn/

When you are ill, medicine is what you take, and also the science of treating illness. Take your medicine, a medicine for coughs, study medicine. Drug can mean the same, but it also means illegal substances, so medicine is the safer A2 word. Medication is more formal.

Meaning

Something you take to treat an illness.

Examples

• “Take this medicine twice a day.”
• “The doctor gave her some medicine for her ear.”
• “He wants to study medicine at university.”

Good to know

take medicine. a medicine for + illness. Formal: medication. Careful with drug.

Near in meaning

medication

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