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
- 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
- aid
- alleviation
- antidote
- assistance
- biologic
- catholicon
- corrective
- counteractant
- counteragent
- countermeasure
- cure
- depressant
- dope
- drug
- elixir
- elixir vitae
- essence
- fix
- healing
- healing agent
- help
- medicant
- medication
- medicinal
- medicine
- narcotic
- nostrum
- opiate
- panacea
- pharmaceutic
- pharmaceutical
- pharmacon
- physic
- pill
- placebo
- poison
- potion
- prescription
- proprietary
- quick fix
- recovery
- redress
- remedy
- reparation
- restora-tive
- sedative
- stimulant
- therapeutic
- tonic
- treatment
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