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remedy
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rem·e·dy  (rm-d)
n. pl. rem·e·dies
1. Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder.
2. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
3. Law A legal order of preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.
4. 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 remove, counteract, or rectify. See Synonyms at correct, cure.

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

remedy
Noun
pl -edies
1. a drug or treatment for curing pain or disease
2. a way of solving a problem: every statesman promised a remedy for unemployment
Verb
[-edies, -edying, -edied]
to put right or improve [Latin remedium a cure]
remediable adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.remedyremedy - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
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.remedyremedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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"
Verb1.remedy - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
correct, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
2.remedy - provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
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"

remedy
verb 3. put right, redress, rectify, reform, fix, correct, solve, repair, relieve, ameliorate, set to rights
Translations
Spanish remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] nremedio
vtremediar, curar

French remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n remedy (for) → remède m (contre or à) vtremédier à
German remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n (lit, fig) → (Heil)mittel nt
vt (mistake, situation) → abhelfen +dat

Italian remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n remedy (for) → rimedio (per) vtrimediare a

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