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nouns - Difference between a medicine and a medicinal - English . . . 2 Medicine is a noun, while medicinal is an adjective – Noah Jun 20, 2012 at 8:04 1 and while both can be used in each other's contexts (took a medicinal, medicine man), one is primarily a noun, the other primarily adjective – SF Jun 20, 2012 at 8:09 I would understand the use of "medicinal" as a noun when referring to a product
word choice - What is an alternative expression to this? - English . . . What is an alternative expression to "this"? As in: Medicine is very important This can be ascertained from the fact that I'm looking for a "synonym" In this case, you can probably just use "Medicine is very important, as can be ascertained from the fact that " However, depending on how long the part after the is, it may be unwieldy
Medicine vs. Medication - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 1 Looking at it as an outsider, it seems to me that it should be: Medicine (noun) - 1) Referring to the field itself, the profession of healing Medication (noun) - 1) The act of using a method from the field of medicine to treat someone Medicate (verb) - 1) To treat someone using a method from the field of medicine
expressions - Is strong medicine idiomatic? - English Language . . . keramus 273 1 7 17 It is a well-known metaphor meaning something that is quite effective but very possibly upsetting or unpleasant if "taken" For instance, an government economic policy may be described as "strong medicine" if it will supposedly "fix", say, unemployment, but will also cause incomes to drop – Hot Licks Oct 26, 2015 at 23:25
pronunciation - Why is medicine pronounced differently? - English . . . The trisyllabic form still predominates in Scotland and in North America; H W Fowler Mod Eng Usage (1926) recommends the disyllabic pronunciation, while subsequent editions note the increasing frequency of the trisyllabic pronunciation in England In the word "medicinal", the first "i" is always pronounced because it occurs in a stressed
terminology - Word for not obscure but not mainstream - English . . . Alternative is a possibility While it can be somewhat vague and may or may not fit the questioner's needs depending on the context, it is often used to describe an option that's not the most common one but may nonetheless be well known, as in "alternative music" or "alternative medicine"
Wholistic vs holistic - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Wholistic refers to the whole, a whole item or whole body of a person or thing The word defines the consideration of the entire structure or makeup, which includes the body, mind and the spirit in the case of a human being The word holistic is connected to holism, which focuses on the total entity and the interdependence of the diverse parts
meaning - What do you call a building, or rooms within it, where . . . Surgery is a specialized term in the USA that typically describes only the branch of medicine related to cutting people open for repairs or examination From the American Heritage Dictionary on surgery: The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by the use of instruments 2 a