medicine
/ˈmedɪsɪn/noun
mass noun
1
- the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery)医学; 内科学。
2
- a compound or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease, especially a drug or drugs taken by mouth（尤指口服）药, 药物：
give her some medicine
给她一些药
count noun your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines.你的医生可以开药。
2.1
- such substances collectively药品：
an aid convoy loaded with food and medicine.
携有大量食品和药品的救援队。
3
- (among North American Indians and some other peoples) a spell, charm, or fetish believed to have healing, protective, or other power（北美印第安人等民族所信奉的具有治疗或保护效力的）咒语, 魔法; 神物：
Fleur was murdering him by use of bad medicine.
弗勒尔使用邪恶的咒语来谋杀他。
短语
give someone a dose（或taste）of their own medicine
- give someone the same bad treatment that they have given to others以牙还牙; 以其治人之道还治其人之身：
tired of his humiliation of me, I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine.
我厌倦了他对我的羞辱, 于是我决定以牙还牙。
take one's medicine
- submit to something disagreeable such as punishment接受惩罚（或令人讨厌的事物）。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin medicina, from medicus 'physician'.