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composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.

Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.

A medicine that diminishes irritation.

Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. Parr.

Materia medica; the science of remedies.

An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.

A medicine or agent to assist hearing.

Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. Dunglison.

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay.

ministering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

d from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

A medical certificate that a student is ill.

Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

wer or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.

ecomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

for consumption; of Byrsonima crassifolia, used in tanning; of Alchornea latifolia, used medicinally; or of Quercus ilex, the cork tree.

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

wder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.