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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.
[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
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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. | ![]() 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 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 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. | ![]() |
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" |
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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
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remedy
noun1. An agent used to restore health:
2. Something that corrects or counteracts:
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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
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
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remedy
(ˈremədi) – plural ˈremedies – noun a cure for an illness or something bad. I know a good remedy for toothache.remedio
verb to put right. These mistakes can be remedied.remediar
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. de recuperación, de rehabilitación
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remedy
→ remedioMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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 caseroEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.