medicament

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medicament

  • /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
  • /məˈdɪkəmənt/

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From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.

noun medicaments

  1. A medicine, medication or drug. 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,” Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not

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"medicament." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/medicament. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{medicament_2026,
  title = {medicament},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medicament},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}