Antonyms for medicament

Grammar : Noun

Spell : muh-dik-uh-muh nt, med-i-kuh-

Phonetic Transcription : məˈdɪk ə mənt, ˈmɛd ɪ kə-

Definition of medicament

Origin : mid-15c., "medical skill; a medicinal compound," from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum "drug, remedy," literally "means of healing," from medicare "to heal, cure" (see medication).

noun cure
noun drug

Example sentences :

A medicament in alcohol, oil or water, applied by friction to the skin.
Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern

They had stuffed me full of quinine, he said, and it was not the medicament that I wanted.
Extract from : « Eyes Like the Sea » by Mr Jkai

He then put on a bandage dipped in some medicament of his own composition.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 » by Various

On Hanuman's return, the medicament is administered, and Lakshman revives.
Extract from : « Tales from the Hindu Dramatists » by R. N. Dutta

He tried one, and it seemed to be composed in equal parts of sawdust and the medicament called "Rough-on-rats!"
Extract from : « The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith » by S. R. Crockett

I remember to have cured a disconsolate widower, who obstinately refused every other medicament, by a strict course of geology.
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I rarely or never prescribe alcohol as a medicament or a food, or sanction its use as a beverage.
Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen

But let us not speak of this: it is galling to be able to inveigh against folly without possessing the medicament for its cure.
Extract from : « Calavar » by Robert Montgomery Bird

For so great power was never conferred on any Medicament, that it could change the Nature of Man.
Extract from : « The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires » by John Frederick Helvetius

After a while nothing would content him but her taking a medicament he went and brought her.
Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade

Synonyms for medicament

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