medicament
/ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
medicament noun: a medicine, medication or drug.
Noun
medicament (plural medicaments)
- A medicine, medication or drug.
- Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not with any medicament of a contrary temper, as the Galenistes vse to cure [contraria contrarijs] but as the...1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,”
- Forasmuch as the soul is far more precious than the body, we do prohibit under the pain of anathema, that no physician for the health of the body, shall prescribe to a sick person any thing which may prove perilous to the soul. But when it happens that he is called to a sick person, he shall first...1760, Richard Burn, “Physicians”, in Ecclesiastical Law, 6th edition, volume III, London, published 1797, page 88
medicament meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Assamese
medicament in Tamil
- குணப்படுத்தும் மருந்து, சிகிச்சை மருந்து, மருந்துப்பொருள், மருந்து, ஔடதம்
medicament in Bengali
- medicament
- ঔষধ ōuśodh
medicament in Assamese
- medicament
- ঔষধ ouxodh
Examples of medicament in a sentence
- They introduced a great variety of salutary medicaments into Europe.1837, William H. Prescott, chapter 8, in History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, volume 1:
- The musty smell of old thatch was mingled with the smell of Mrs Tulsi’s medicaments: bay rum, soft candles, Canadian Healing Oil, ammonia.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 4:
- Many nostrums and traditional medicaments are mentioned throughout Greek literature as aphrodisiac stimulants.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 165:
- Before any drug or medicament is loosed upon the public, it is essential for its toxicity to be tested.1986 February 17, Maurice Miller, Hansard, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2019:
Forms of medicament
| plural | medicaments |
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Origin of medicament
From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.
Words formed from medicament
Words that rhyme with medicament
Questions about medicament
- What does medicament mean?
- Medicament means a medicine, medication or drug.
- What is medicament in Tamil?
- Medicament in Tamil is குணப்படுத்தும் மருந்து, சிகிச்சை மருந்து, மருந்துப்பொருள். See Medicament meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use medicament in a sentence?
- They introduced a great variety of salutary medicaments into Europe.
- What part of speech is medicament?
- Medicament is a noun.
- How do you pronounce medicament?
- Medicament is pronounced /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/.
- What is the plural of medicament?
- The plural of medicament is medicaments.
Words near medicament in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: medicament (page history and authors); medicament (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); medicament (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঔষধ (Bengali) (page history and authors); ঔষধ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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