noun

a drug that increases energy and excitement and makes you less hungry

noun

a drug that increases muscles, used illegally by some sports people to make themselves stronger

noun

an anaesthetic that is given to someone before they have a medical operation, or the use of anaesthetics

noun

a drug or gas that is given to someone before a medical operation to stop them feeling pain. An anaesthetic that affects the whole of your body by making you unconscious is called a general anaesthetic and an anaesthetic that affects only a part of your body is called a local anaesthetic

noun

a drug that reduces pain

an American spelling of anaesthesia

an American spelling of anaesthetic

noun

a medicine that reduces the amount of acid in your stomach

noun

a drug that cures illnesses and infections caused by bacteria. Doctors often give people a course of antibiotics, when they have to take a fixed amount of medicine each day for several days.

noun

a substance that prevents blood from coagulating (=becoming more solid)

noun

a drug used for treating someone who is depressed (=so unhappy that they are considered ill)

noun

a substance that prevents a poison from having bad effects

noun

a drug used to treat an allergy (=a bad reaction to something you swallow or touch)

noun

a drug taken to reduce inflammation (=swelling, heat, and pain)

adjective

antiretroviral drugs are used to treat certain types of virus, especially hiv (=the virus that causes AIDS)

noun

a strong drug that doctors give to people to make them calm or help them sleep

noun

a drug that makes your heart work more slowly, used for treating high blood pressure

noun

a small extra amount of a medical drug that you are given so that a drug you had before will continue to be effective

noun

a pill shaped like an oval (=a long narrow circle)

noun

a small round container filled with medicine that you swallow whole

noun

a drug, method, or object used for preventing a woman from becoming pregnant

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a type of sweet containing medicine that you suck when you have a cough or a sore throat

noun

a liquid medicine that you take to help to cure a cough

noun

a cough drop

noun

cough mixture

noun

a drug that helps you breathe more easily when you have a cold

noun

a drug or substance that makes you feel relaxed and makes your body work and react more slowly

noun

a liquid medicine that you drink

noun

liquid medicine that you put into your eyes, ears, or nose

noun

liquid medicine that you put in your ear to treat an ear infection

noun

a substance that makes you vomit

noun

a liquid used to give someone an enema

noun

a medicine that you use for helping you to cough liquid up from your lungs

noun

a drug given to a woman to improve her fertility

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a gas given to people before an operation to make them sleep, or during medical treatment so that they will feel less pain

noun

a substance that a doctor puts into your body so that you will sleep and not feel any pain during an operation

noun

medicine made from plants

noun

a drug that makes you go to sleep

noun

a medicine or drug that you breathe into your lungs

noun

a drug or another substance that is injected into your body

noun

an injection (=amount of medicine given through a needle) that is intended to stop you from getting a disease

noun

a medicine, food, or drink that helps you to make solid waste leave your body when you use the toilet

noun

a drug that makes the user feel happy, excited, or relaxed and that is not illegal

noun

a thick liquid medicine used for curing coughs

noun

a type of anaesthetic (=a drug to stop you feeling pain) that affects only one part of your body

noun

medicine shaped like a sweet that you suck if you have a cough or sore throat

noun

a medicine designed to cure an illness quickly and completely, without affecting other parts of the body

noun

a drug given to young children by injection to protect them against measles, mumps, and rubella. Some parents are worried about their children being given the MMR vaccine because they believe it may cause autism.

noun

a pill that some people take to make them healthier, containing various vitamins and minerals

noun

a drug that people use when they are very ill in order to feel less pain and sleep better

noun

a drug that contains opium and is used for reducing pain and making you go to sleep

noun

a medicine that reduces pain

noun

a round sweet that contains medicine, for example for a sore throat

noun

a medicine that you can buy from a shop without a doctor’s prescription

noun

a solid medicine or chemical substance put into a woman’s vagina to cure an infection or to prevent her becoming pregnant

noun

a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water

noun

a drug that you can only get if you have a prescription from your doctor

noun

a medicine or treatment used for preventing disease or infection

noun

a food or drug that makes you go to the toilet

noun

something, especially a drug, that relaxes you

noun

a drug that makes someone calmer, or makes them sleep

noun

a liquid that is put into someone’s blood to help them to fight an infection or a poison

noun

a pill that you take to help you to sleep

noun

a sleeping pill

noun

a food substance or drug that people can take to increase their energy or to become more healthy

noun

a drug that is used to reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood

noun

a chemical that is produced in the body or made as a drug. Steroids can act as hormones or be used for treating conditions such as swelling, or, illegally, by athletes to improve their performance.

noun

a pill or special food that you take or eat when your food does not contain everything that you need

noun

a drug in the form of a small block that is put inside the rectum or vagina to treat a medical condition

noun

a drug that stops or limits the effects of something

noun

a sweet liquid that contains medicine

noun

a small hard round piece of medicine that you swallow

noun

a medicine made by mixing a small amount of a drug with alcohol

noun

a medicine that you take to get more energy and feel healthier, especially after you have been ill or working too hard

the American spelling of tranquillizer

a British spelling of tranquillizer

noun

a drug that makes people calmer when they are very worried or nervous

noun

a drug used for trying to make someone tell the truth

noun

a substance put into the body, usually by injection, in order to provide protection against a disease

noun

a pill containing vitamins