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medicament

[ muh-dik-uh-muhnt, med-i-kuh- ]

noun

  1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy.


medicament

/ ˈmɛdɪ-; ˌmɛdɪkəˈmɛntəl; mɪˈdɪkəmənt /

noun

  1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation
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Derived Forms

  • medicamental, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð»å·¾±Â·³¦²¹Â·³¾±ð²Ô·³Ù²¹±ô [med-i-k, uh, -, men, -tl], ³¾±ð»åi·³¦²¹Â·³¾±ð²Ôt´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of medicament1

1535–45; < Latin ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾ remedy, physic, equivalent to ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå ( °ùÄ« ) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of medicament1

C16: via French from Latin ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äå³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾, from ³¾±ð»å¾±³¦Äåre to cure
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Example Sentences

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If the medicaments are innocuous, there’s little harm except to the patients’ pocketbooks.

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Bercow’s international celebrity has been stoked by his flamboyant verbal style in Parliament and fondness for distinctively obscure words like “chuntering†and “medicament.â€

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No more will we hear Bercow’s advice that the right honorable gentle person from wherever “take a soothing medicament†and calm down.

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Bercow invites overexcited members to take “their medicaments†or to step out of the chamber, and sometimes just yells “Zen!†to see if that will have any effect.

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I have to bring every kind of instrument, every kind of medicament, everything you could think of in two bags: one large suitcase and one satchel that goes over my shoulders.

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