Definition of "Medicine" :

noun: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries

"He studied medicine at Harvard."

noun: punishment for one's actions

"Take your medicine."

noun: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

noun: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

verb: treat medicinally, treat with medicine