medicine（メディシン）
要点医学、薬、剤
意味
- 医学,医術;医[師]業
- (外用薬以外の)薬[剤],内服薬
- (北米インディアンの間で行われる)病気(悪霊)を追い払うまじない
例文
This medicine should be taken every three hours.
この薬は３時間毎に飲んでください。
Put the medicine where children can't get at it.
薬は子供の手の届かない所に置いてください。
I think this medicine will do you a lot of good.
この薬は君によく効くと思う。
語源
ラテン語medicina「治療術」から（medicus「医者」）。医者の技「医学」、治すための物「薬」。
medical（医療の）と同じ語源。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English medicin, from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicīnus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”). The extended sense of "Indigenous magic" is a calque of Ojibwe mashkiki (“medicine”) or mide (or cognates in related languages) when used in compounds such as Grand Medicine Society, medicine lodge, medicine dance, medicine bag, medicine wheel, medicine man, Medicine Line, and bad medicine or place names such as Medicine Hat, Medicine Creek, etc.