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feminine

/mɛd.sin/

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Translation

medicine (the field of study and practice)

Word origin

From Latin medicina ('the healing art'), from medicus ('doctor'), from mederi ('to heal, to look after'). The same root gives remède and English remedy.

Origin: Latin
Root: medicina
English cognates: medicine, medical, remedy

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralmédecines

Examples

soeur Lyon.

My sister is studying medicine in Lyon.

progressé cinquante .

Medicine has advanced a great deal in fifty years.

' .

He is interested in Chinese medicine.

exerce .

She practises medicine in a mountain village.

pharmacien ' ' .

The pharmacist reminded me that medicine as a field is not the same as a medicine you take.

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This word is part of lesson 40.