medicine

médicament

Substance qu’on prend ou applique sur le corps pour soigner une maladie ou se sentir mieux.

En anglais simple : Something you take or put on your body to treat an illness or help you feel better.

• Take your medicine after breakfast.
• This medicine helped my cough.
• Did the doctor prescribe any medicine?

Comment l'utiliser : medicine for something (The doctor gave me medicine for my cough.)

Synonymes : medication, drug, remedy

Expressions courantes : take medicine, cough medicine, medicine for something, prescribe medicine

médecine

Étude et pratique du traitement des maladies et du maintien de la santé.

En anglais simple : The study and practice of treating illness and keeping people healthy.

• She wants to study medicine.
• Modern medicine has saved many lives.
• He practiced medicine in a small village.

Synonymes : medical science

Expressions courantes : study medicine, practice medicine, modern medicine

remède

Tout ce qui aide à résoudre un problème ou à se sentir mieux.

En anglais simple : Anything that helps solve a problem or makes someone feel better.

• Laughter is good medicine.
• The spending cuts were bitter medicine for the town.
• A holiday was the best medicine for her stress.

Synonymes : remedy, cure

Expressions courantes : best medicine, bitter medicine, harsh medicine