medicament

[ muh-dik-uh-muhnt, med-i-kuh- ]

noun

1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy.

medicament

/ ˈmɛdɪ-; ˌmɛdɪkəˈmɛntəl; mɪˈdɪkəmənt /

noun

1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation

Derived Forms

• medicamental, adjective

Other Words From

• med·i·ca·men·tal [med-i-k, uh, -, men, -tl], medi·ca·mentous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicament¹

1535–45; < Latin medicāmentum remedy, physic, equivalent to medicā ( rī ) to cure + -mentum -ment. See medicate

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicament¹

C16: via French from Latin medicāmentum, from medicāre to cure

Example Sentences

If the medicaments are innocuous, there’s little harm except to the patients’ pocketbooks.

From Los Angeles Times

Bercow’s international celebrity has been stoked by his flamboyant verbal style in Parliament and fondness for distinctively obscure words like “chuntering” and “medicament.”

From Washington Times

No more will we hear Bercow’s advice that the right honorable gentle person from wherever “take a soothing medicament” and calm down.

From Washington Post

Bercow invites overexcited members to take “their medicaments” or to step out of the chamber, and sometimes just yells “Zen!” to see if that will have any effect.

From The New Yorker

I have to bring every kind of instrument, every kind of medicament, everything you could think of in two bags: one large suitcase and one satchel that goes over my shoulders.

From New York Times