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medicine vs patent medicine

patent medicine vs medicine

medicine and patent medicine both are nouns.

medicine is a verb but patent medicine is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
medicine Yes No Yes No
patent medicine Yes No No No
As nouns, patent medicine is a hyponym of medicine; that is, patent medicine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medicine:
  • medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  • patent medicine: medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
Other hyponyms of medicine include acyclovir, Zovirax, alendronate, Fosamax, allopurinol, Zyloprim, amrinone, Inocor, analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, 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, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, APC, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, Imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium-channel blocker, calcium blocker, carminative, Atromid-S, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, Antabuse, disulfiram, dosage, dose, Drixoral, drug cocktail, HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, Lopid, haematinic, hematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, Isuprel, Isordil, isosorbide, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drug, Mecholyl, methacholine, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, camphorated tincture of opium, paregoric, Cuprimine, penicillamine, Metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, placebo, powder, ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic, rubefacient, depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, specific, Carafate, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, tincture, restorative, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge, lupulin, scillaren, Emser salt, natural Ems salt, Cebion, Relanium.
medicine (noun) patent medicine (noun)
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
punishment for one's actions
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
medicine (verb) patent medicine (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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