noun · neutral
medicine
UK/ˈmedsɪn/US/ˈmɛdəsən/MED·i·cine
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a substance used for treating illness or the study/practice of treating patients
Examples
“She brought some medicine for his cough.”
“He decided to study medicine at university.”
“Follow the instructions on the medicine label.”
Band 8 sentence
“After consulting the GP, she was prescribed a course of medicine to control the infection.”
Collocations
- take medicine
- study medicine
- prescription medicine
Word family
medical adjectivemedicate verb
Common mistakes
I took a medicine for my cold.→I took some medicine for my cold.
He is studying a medicine.→He is studying medicine.
Say it for a higher band
5drug→6medication→7+medicine
Synonyms
medication
drug
Easily confused
drug
“The doctor prescribed a drug to help control the symptoms.”
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