Used in a Sentence

medicines

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for medicines.

Editorial note

The point is that most customers in the Third World are not able to afford the price point that makes such medicines profitable.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of medicines gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

noun

(loosely, countable) Any treatment or cure.

noun

(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for medicines.

noun

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

noun

(loosely, countable) Any treatment or cure.

noun

(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

noun

(uncountable) The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons.

Example sentences

1

The point is that most customers in the Third World are not able to afford the price point that makes such medicines profitable.

2

In reality they import about a third of their food, they import electricity, oil, virtually all medicines.

3

A single trip to a good doctor won't cost you more than $10 + $10 (for medicines).

4

And don't ignore the large positive impact Bitcoin had on people trying to purchase essential medicines.

5

We are helping our customers better capture energy from the sun and the wind, deliver safe water and produce life-saving medicines.

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We want to change the way drug discovery is done and are passionate about getting much-needed medicines into patients hands within their lifetimes.

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Randomized medical trials are expensive, and pharmaceutical companies aren't exactly incentivized to do them for natural medicines, since they can't patent the result.

8

Personalized medicines are a frontier for the next major advances in medicine.

9

Whenever my prescription medicines change the pharmacists explains them to me.

10

I am glad such a repository exists to handle prior art for Indian medicines.

11

I don't think it's far fetched to expect that one or two of them will produce camera drones, video games, or medicines.

12

Can you explain why I can't easily buy medicines free of regulation without Bitcoin?

Quote examples

1

There are plenty of "drugs" that aren't addictive and plenty of "medicines" that are.

2

As a non-native, it took me some time to grok that the term "drugs" can mean both "medicines" (like aspirin) and "addictive substances" (like alcohol, tobacco or cocaine).

3

"medicines" (like aspirin) and "addictive substances" There is a lot of overlap in these two sets.

4

And I think the tedium can be alleviated (for example, the game could just track "effort" and require you to pay for it in food or medicines etc.) without compromising realism.

Proper noun examples

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Medicines against malaria, for example, are a robust business.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use medicines in a sentence?

The point is that most customers in the Third World are not able to afford the price point that makes such medicines profitable.

What does medicines mean?

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

What part of speech is medicines?

medicines is commonly used as noun.