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prescription medicine vs medicament

medicament vs prescription medicine

prescription medicine and medicament both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription medicine Yes No No No
medicament Yes No No No
As nouns, medicament is a hypernym of prescription medicine; that is, medicament is a word with a broader meaning than prescription medicine:
  • prescription medicine: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
  • medicament: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of prescription medicine include medication, medicinal drug, medicine.
prescription medicine (noun) medicament (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Difference between prescription medicine and medicament

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