An agent used to restore health

• remedy

  1. Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.
  2. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
  3. The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.

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  1. Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.
  2. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
  3. The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.

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• physic

  1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
  2. The art or profession of medicine.
  3. To act on as a cathartic.

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  1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
  2. The art or profession of medicine.
  3. To act on as a cathartic.

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• nostrum

  1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
  2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils.

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  1. A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy.
  2. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils.

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• medicine

  1. The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
  2. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
  3. The practice of medicine.

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  1. The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
  2. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
  3. The practice of medicine.

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• medication

  1. A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
  2. The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:

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  1. A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
  2. The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:

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• elixir

  1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
  2. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely.
  3. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.

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  1. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
  2. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely.
  3. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.

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• cure

  1. A drug or course of medical treatment used to restore health:
  2. Restoration of health; recovery from disease:
  3. Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation:

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  1. A drug or course of medical treatment used to restore health:
  2. Restoration of health; recovery from disease:
  3. Something that corrects or relieves a harmful or disturbing situation:

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A substance used in the treatment of disease

• pharmaceutical

  1. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  2. A pharmaceutical product or preparation.

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  1. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  2. A pharmaceutical product or preparation.

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• medicine

  1. The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
  2. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
  3. The practice of medicine.

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  1. The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
  2. The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
  3. The practice of medicine.

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• medication

  1. A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
  2. The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:

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  1. A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
  2. The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:

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• drug

  1. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.
  2. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the US Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
  3. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction.

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  1. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.
  2. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the US Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
  3. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction.

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