medicin

English

Noun

medicin (plural medicins)

1. Obsolete spelling of medicine.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin medicīnus.

Noun

medicin c (singular definite medicinen, plural indefinite mediciner)

1. (uncountable) medicine
2. medicine, drug (a substance which promotes healing)

Declension

Declension of medicin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	medicin	medicinen	mediciner	medicinerne
genitive	medicins	medicinens	mediciners	medicinernes

References

• “medicin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle French

Noun

medicin m (plural medicins)

1. medical doctor, doctor, physician (a medical professional)

Descendants

• French: médecin

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin medicīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛdɪˈsiːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

medicin c

1. (uncountable) medicine (the art of curing illness)
2. (also collectively) a medicine, a drug

   Synonym: läkemedel

   ta medicin för något

   take medicine for something

Usage notes

Compare drog, which leans heavily towards illegal recreational drugs in Swedish.

Declension

Declension of medicin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	medicin	medicins
	definite	medicinen	medicinens
plural	indefinite	mediciner	mediciners
	definite	medicinerna	medicinernas

Derived terms

• allmänmedicin
• alternativmedicin
• biomedicin
• folkmedicin
• internmedicin
• livmedikus
• medicinalråd
• medicinalväxt
• medicinman
• medicinsk
• medicinstudium
• medicinteknisk
• rättsmedicin
• självmedicinera
• skolmedicin
• veterinärmedicin

 

Related terms

• medicinare
• medicinera
• medicinering
• medikus

 

References

• medicin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• medicin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• medicin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH