medicine Copy link Outline I. The art or theoryII. A medical remedy1. mĕdicāmentum2. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n.3. rĕmĕdium4. mĕdĭcīna (medical treatment of any kind • medicine: I. The art or theory: mĕdĭcīna: Cels. pref. init.: Cic. (Less freq., ars medicinalis s. medica: v. medical, I.) Phr.: to study m., rei medicae studio operam dare, Stat. Acad. Cantab. II. A medical remedy: 1. mĕdicāmentum: to give any one m. for dropsy: alicui m. dare ad aquam intercutem, Cic. Off. 3, 24, init.: Cels. pref. init.: to take m., m. sumere (gen. term), Curt. 3, 6, init.; haurire (of fluids), ib. med.: Plin. 2. mĕdĭcāmen, ĭnis, n.: violent m.s, m. violenta, Cic. in Pis. 6, 13. 3. rĕmĕdium: v. remedy. 4. mĕdĭcīna (medical treatment of any kind: rare in lit. sense): Fig.: I need no m., I am my own comforter, non egeo medicina; me ipse consolor, Cic. Am. 3, 10.[P1: colon, not period?] sleep is as it were the m. of fatigue, somnus affert m. quandam laboris, id. Fin. 5, 19, fin.