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prescription medicine vs medicine

medicine vs prescription medicine

prescription medicine and medicine both are nouns.

prescription medicine is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

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

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