Possible Definitions:
1. Medicine (n.) The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
2. Medicine (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
3. Medicine (n.) A philter or love potion.
4. Medicine (n.) A physician.
5. Medicine (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
6. Medicine (n.) Among the North American Indians, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing; also, magical power itself; the potency which a charm, token, or rite is supposed to exert.
7. Medicine (n.) Hence, a similar object or agency among other savages.
8. Medicine (n.) Short for Medicine man.
9. Medicine (n.) Intoxicating liquor; drink.