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medicine man
醫生,開業醫生,巫醫
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Med·i·cine
n.
1.
The
science
which
relates
to
the
prevention
,
cure
,
or
alleviation
of
disease
.
2.
Any
substance
administered
in
the
treatment
of
disease
;
a
remedial
agent
;
a
medication
;
a
drug
;
a
pharmaceutical
;
a
medicament
;
a
remedy
;
physic
.
By
medicine
,
life
may
be
prolonged
.
--
Shak
.
3.
A
philter
or
love
potion
. [
Obs
.]
4.
A
physician
. [
Obs
.]
5.
(a)
Among
the
North
American
Indians
,
any
object
supposed
to
give
control
over
natural
or
magical
forces
,
to
act
as
a
protective
charm
,
or
to
cause
healing
;
also
,
magical
power
itself
;
the
potency
which
a
charm
,
token
,
or
rite
is
supposed
to
exert
.
The
North
American
Indian
boy
usually
took
as
his
medicine
the
first
animal
of
which
he
dreamed
during
the
long
and
solitary
fast
that
he
observed
at
puberty
.
--
F
.
H
.
Giddings
.
(b)
Hence
,
a
similar
object
or
agency
among
other
savages
.
6.
Short
for
Medicine man
.
7.
Intoxicating
liquor
;
drink
. [
Slang
]
Medicine bag
,
a
charm
; --
so
called
among
the
North
American
Indians
,
or
in
works
relating
to
them
.
Medicine man
(
among
the
North
American
Indians
),
a
person
who
professes
to
cure
sickness
,
drive
away
evil
spirits
,
and
regulate
the
weather
by
the
arts
of
magic
;
a
shaman
.
Medicine seal
,
a
small
gem
or
paste
engraved
with
reversed
characters
,
to
serve
as
a
seal
.
Such
seals
were
used
by
Roman
physicians
to
stamp
the
names
of
their
medicines
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
medicine
man
n
:
a
Native
American
shaman
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