remedy

rem·e·dy

 (rĕm′ĭ-dē)

n. pl. rem·e·dies

1. Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.

2.

a. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.

b. Law The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.

3. The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.

tr.v. rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies

1. To relieve or cure (a disease or disorder).

2. To counteract or rectify (a problem, mistake, or undesirable situation). See Synonyms at correct.

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[Middle English remedie, from Old French, from Latin remedium : re-, re- + medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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remedy

(ˈrɛmɪdɪ)

n, pl -dies

1. (Medicine) (usually foll by: for or against) any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms

2. (usually foll by: for or against) anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes.

3. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance

vb (tr)

4. (Medicine) to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy

5. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct

[C13: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical]

remediable adj

reˈmediably adv

ˈremediless adj

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rem•e•dy

(ˈrɛm ɪ di)

n., pl. -dies, n.

1. something, as a medicine, that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder.

2. something that corrects or removes an evil, error, or undesirable condition.

3. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.

v.t.

4. to cure or relieve.

5. to restore to the proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.

6. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.

[1175–1225; remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium <re- re- + med(ērī) to heal (compare medical) + -ium -ium¹]

rem′e•di•less, adj.

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remedy

Past participle: remedied
Gerund: remedying

Imperative

remedy

remedy

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	remedy - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil remediation, redress correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right salve - anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"
	2.	remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain curative, cure, therapeutic treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) acoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness antidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting lenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfort lotion, application - liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" magic bullet - a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation alleviant, palliative, alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curing catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists preventative, preventive, prophylactic - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Verb	1.	remedy - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" remediate, amend, rectify, repair correct, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
	2.	remedy - provide relief for; "remedy his illness" relieve practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

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remedy

noun

1. solution, relief, redress, antidote, corrective, panacea, countermeasure a remedy for economic ills

2. cure, treatment, specific, medicine, therapy, antidote, panacea, restorative, relief, nostrum, physic (rare), medicament, counteractive natural remedies to overcome winter infections

verb

1. put right, redress, rectify, reform, fix, correct, solve, repair, relieve, ameliorate, set to rights A great deal has been done to remedy the situation.

2. cure, treat, heal, help, control, ease, restore, relieve, soothe, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, palliate He's been remedying a hamstring injury.

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remedy

noun

1. An agent used to restore health:

cure, elixir, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, physic.

2. Something that corrects or counteracts:

antidote, corrective, countermeasure, curative, cure.

verb

1. To rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition):

cure, heal.

2. To make right what is wrong:

amend, correct, emend, mend, rectify, redress, reform, right.

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Translations

عَلاجعِلاجيُعالِج، يُداوي

léknápravanapravit

afhjælpekurmiddel

HeilmittelRemedurabbauenAbhilfebeheben

γιατρειάγιατρεύωγιατρικόφάρμακο

remedioremediar

lääke

remèderemédierremédier àressourcesoigner

lijek

ellenszerorvosolorvosság

lækning, ráî; lyfráîa bót á, laga

rimediorimediareclasse di sostegnocorrettivomedicamento

治療

의약품

pataisõspoveikio priemonėteisės gynimo priemonė

labotlīdzētzāles

remedie

botemiddellegerådmotmiddel

lekarstwo

remédiocorreçãoremediar

лекарство

zdravilo

botemedel

ยาและการรักษา

çareçaresini bulmakdüzeltmekilâç

phương thuốc

治疗方法治疗法补救

remedy

[ˈremədɪ]

A. N (gen) → remedio m
a good remedy for a sore throat → un buen remedio para el dolor de garganta
to be past remedy (Med, fig) → no tener remedio
there's no remedy for that → eso no tiene remedio
the best remedy for that is to protest → eso se remedia protestando
to have no remedy at law → no tener recurso legal

B. VT (Med) [+ illness] → curar (fig) [+ situation] → remediar
that's soon remedied → eso es fácil remediarlo, eso queda arreglado fácilmente

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remedy

[ˈrɛmədi]

n

(= cure) → remède m
a remedy for sth → un remède contre qch, un remède à qch
a good remedy for a sore throat → un bon remède contre le mal de gorge

(= solution) → remède m
a remedy for sth → un remède contre qch
a remedy for unemployment → un remède contre le chômage

vt [+ mistake, problem, situation] → remédier à

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remedy

n (Med, fig) → Mittel nt → (for gegen); (= medication) → Heilmittel nt → (for gegen); (Jur) → Rechtsmittel nt; the situation is past or beyond remedy → die Lage ist hoffnungslos verloren or irreparabel; unless we can find a remedy → wenn wir keinen Ausweg or keine Lösung finden

vt (Med) → heilen; (fig) defect, fault, deficiency, problem → beheben; situation → bessern; abuse, evil → abhelfen (+dat); his faults cannot be remedied → man kann ihn nicht von seinen Fehlern heilen; the situation cannot be remedied → die Lage ist hoffnungslos

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remedy

[ˈrɛmədɪ]

1. n remedy (for) → rimedio (contro or per)

2. vt (situation, problem, defect) → rimediare a; (loss) → porre riparo a

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remedy

(ˈremədi) – plural ˈremedies – noun

a cure for an illness or something bad. I know a good remedy for toothache. kuur عِلاج лекарство remédio lék das Heilmittel middel θεραπεία, γιατρικόremedio ravim درمان؛ علاج parannuskeino remèdeתרופה उपचार, उपाय lijek orvosság obat lækning, ráð; lyf rimedio 治療 의약품 vaistas, poveikio/teisės gynimo priemonė zāles ubat geneesmiddel lege-/botemiddel, rådlekarstwo درمل، دارو،علاج،چاره،دارو remédio remediu средство liek zdravilo lek botemedel การรักษา ilâç, çare 療法 ліки علاج phương thuốc; giải pháp 治疗方法

verb

to put right. These mistakes can be remedied. regmaak يُعالِج، يُداوي поправям remediar napravit beheben afhjælpe διορθώνω, θεραπεύωremediar parandama جبران کردن korjata remédier à לְתַקֵן सुधारना popraviti orvosol, helyrehoz memperbaiki ráða bót á, laga rimediare a 直す 교정하다 ištaisyti labot; līdzēt dipulihkan herstellen rette/bøte på, gjøre godt igjennaprawić تداوى كول، چاره كول، علاج ،كول،درمل كول، سمول،اصلاح،كول remediar a remedia исправлять napraviť popraviti ispraviti råda bot på (för), avhjälpa แก้ไข çaresini bulmak, düzeltmek 補救 виправляти اصلاح کرنا sửa chữa 补救

remedial (rəˈmiːdiəl) adjective

able to, or intended to, put right or to correct or cure. She does remedial work with the less clever children; remedial exercises. genesing عِلاجي، مُداوٍ поправящ de recuperação nápravný; léčebný Heil-... hjælpe- επανορθωτικός, διορθωτικός, θεραπευτικός de recuperación, de rehabilitación järeleaitamis-, abi- درمانی؛ اصلاحی؛ ترمیمی tuki- réparateur, correctif הוֹרָאָה מְתָקֶנֶת उपचारी dopunska nastava (za loše učenike), mjere da se nešto popravi javító, gyógy- untuk memperbaiki sem læknar eða ræður bót á e-u; hjálpar- riparatore, correttivo 補習の 치료상의, 교정의 pataisos, gydomasis korektīvs; labošanas- pemulihan remediërend hjelpe-, støtte- zaradczy, leczniczy, korekcyjny دعلاج علاج كوونكى: اصلاحى، سموونكى de recuperação de recuperare коррективный;лечебный nápravný; liečebný terapevtski, rehabilitacijski izlečiv läkande, bote-, hjälp-, stöd- ซึ่งช่วยแก้ไข geliştirici, yetiştirici; tedavi edici 補救的 лікувальний اصلاحی sự điều trị; sự sửa chữa 补救的

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remedy

→ عَلاج náprava kur Heilmittel γιατρειά remedio lääke remède lijek rimedio 治療 의약품 remedie motmiddel lekarstwo remédio лекарство botemedel ยาและการรักษา çare phương thuốc 治疗法

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rem·e·dy

n. remedio, cura, medicamento;

vt. remediar, curar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

remedy

n (pl -dies) remedio; cough — remedio para la tos; home — remedio casero

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