medicine (medicines plural )
1 n-uncount Medicine is the treatment of illness and injuries by doctors and nurses.
He pursued a career in medicine..., I was interested in alternative medicine and becoming an aromatherapist..., Psychiatry is an accepted branch of medicine.
2 n-mass Medicine is a substance that you drink or swallow in order to cure an illness. People in hospitals are dying because of shortage of medicine., ...herbal medicines.
cough medicine (cough medicines plural )Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough. n-mass