as in medicine
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease
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Noun
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Additionally, while the software framework has already been validated on current industrial robots, its deployment in more sensitive fields like medicine is currently bottlenecked by hardware limitations.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Gaza’s most dire conditions — the lack of food and medicine, continuing Israeli attacks, destroyed hospitals, schools and residential buildings, homelessness and overcrowding — now include rodents, climbing temperatures and open-air sewage.—
Jeremy Mikula,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new shelter will allow residents to bring pets, which most shelters prohibit, offer a drug and alcohol treatment program and mental health services and assign those admitted a caseworker who will help connect them with professional development programs.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Belarusian human rights group Viasna said he repeatedly was denied essential medications and refused contact with his wife and children.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Instead, many factors, such as lack of sleep, stress, adverse life events, mental health and medications can lead to food noise.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Medics treated the victims at the scene, while responding officers continued to investigate.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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The American startup’s chatbots are banned in mainland China, and Goldman’s move suggests US AI firms could increasingly treat Hong Kong as off-limits as well, the Financial Times reported.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The second will determine an appropriate remedy if the jury and judge find in Musk’s favor.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Jury selection starts Monday, but jurors won’t have the final say in either the liability phase of the trial or the remedies phase, if the trial reaches that point.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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There is no cure yet, though treatments do exist to help manage symptoms.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The disease, which often kills patients in their teens, has no cure.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He was ultimately ruled out after going through pregame warmups before the Lakers’ Game 3 overtime victory against the Houston Rockets and again before their Game 4 loss on Sunday night, downgraded from questionable, still nursing his left oblique strain.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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Unable to nurse because of chemo, Sanders was gifted breast milk from two of her friends.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Laila, now 10, is still going to doctor’s visits and therapy six months after the crash, according to ABC affiliate WXYZ.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Trump remains a Sharpie enthusiast despite weathering criticism during his first term for using one to doctor the map of Hurricane Dorian's possible path.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Physic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physic. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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