Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - medicine

~ n 1 a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink  (take medicine)  (Have you taken your medicine?) 2 the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries  (He studied medicine at Yale. | homeopathic medicine) 3 the best medicine the best way of making you feel better when you are sad  (Laughter is the best medicine.) 4 give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine to treat someone as badly as they have treated you  (I love 'em and leave 'em, she said. I do it to give men a taste of their own medicine.) 5 take your medicine (like a man) to accept an unpleasant situation that you have caused, or a punishment, without complaining  (- see also alternative medicine)