n. 1. The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine. [ PJC ]

2. The investigation of the effects of external environmental factors such as weightlessness on the human body. [ PJC ]

a. Medicinal; having the power of healing. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. medicinalis: cf. F. médicinal. See Medicine. ] 1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a medicinal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. médecine. See Medical. ] 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a drug; a pharmaceutical; a medicament; a remedy; physic. [ 1913 Webster ]

By medicine, life may be prolonged. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A philter or love potion. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F. médecin. ] A physician. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (a) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The North American Indian boy usually took as his medicine the first animal of which he dreamed during the long and solitary fast that he observed at puberty. F. H. Giddings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(b) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. Short for Medicine man. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. Intoxicating liquor; drink. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. --
Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic; a shaman. --
Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. “Medicine thee to that sweet sleep.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]