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1 ♦ medicine
♦ medicine /ˈmɛdsn/n.1 [u] medicina ( scienza, professione medica): Doctor of Medicine (abbr. MD), dottore in medicina; herbal medicine, medicina erboristica; conventional medicine, medicina tradizionale; alternative medicine, medicina alternativa; complementary medicine, medicina complementare ( associata a terapie tradizionali); forensic medicine, medicina legale; to practise medicine, esercitare la medicina2 medicina; farmaco; medicamento; medicinale: to take a medicine, prendere una medicina; preventive medicine, medicinale preventivo; profilattico● medicine ball, palla medica □ medicine bottle, boccetta per medicinali; flacone □ medicine cabinet (o medicine chest, medicine closet), armadietto dei medicinali □ medicine dropper, contagocce □ medicine man, stregone □ (fam.) to give sb. a dose (o a taste) of his own medicine, ripagare q. della stessa moneta; restituirgli la dose □ (fig.) to take one's medicine, mandar giù (o ingoiare) la pillola; mandar giù un rospo (fig.); far buon viso a cattivo gioco. -
2 herbal
['hɜːbl]* * *adjective (of herbs, especially herbs used to make medicines: a herbal remedy.) d'erbe* * *herbal /ˈhɜ:bl/A a.B n.● herbal medicine, medicina erboristica □ herbal practitioner, chi cura con le erbe; erborista.* * *['hɜːbl]
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herbal medicine — noun 1 (U) the practice of treating illness using plants 2 (C, U) medicine made from plants … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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