名词

At the dentist’s-(看牙医)

1. 医学;疗法;医疗
Medicine is the treatment of illness and injuries by doctors and nurses.

2. （吞服的）药，药物，药剂
Medicine is a substance that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness.

1. 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

e.g. he studied medicine at Harvard

Synonym: practice of medicine

2. punishment for one's actions

e.g. you have to face the music
take your medicine

Synonym: music

3. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Synonym: medicationmedicamentmedicinal drug

4. the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Synonym: medical specialty