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medisin

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

medicine

EtymologyOpphav

fra latin, av mederi ‘lege, helbrede’ from Latin, from mederi ‘to treat, to heal’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. legevitenskapmedical science, legekunstthe art of healing, the art of medicine medical sciencelegevitenskap, the art of healinglegekunst
    • studere medisin to study medicine
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som indremedisininternal medicine, naturmedisinnatural medicine
  2. legemiddelmedicine, medicinal product, medikamentmedication · drug, medicine;
    botemiddela remedy, a cure
    medicine, medicinal productlegemiddel, medicationmedikament;
    a remedy, a curebotemiddel
    • ta medisin to take medicine
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som sovemedisinsleeping medication

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

smake sin egen medisin bli utsatt for det en har utsatt andre for to be subjected to what one has subjected others to Eng. phraseto get a taste of one's own medicine