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medicine; drug

NounSino-Korean: 藥品

  1. 1

    medicine; drug

    A substance consumed, applied, or injected to treat or prevent a disease or wound, etc.

    Korean definition: 병이나 상처 등을 고치거나 예방하기 위하여 먹거나 바르거나 주사하는 물질.

    • When this drug was fed to a lab rat, it died within two hours.

    • As medicine advances, various drugs have been developed to artificially boost appetite.

  2. 2

    chemical

    A substance used for bringing about chemical changes.

    Korean definition: 화학 변화를 일으키는 데 쓰는 물질.

    • A third-degree burn refers to a case where about a third of the body is burned by fire or a chemical explosion.

    • Now it has come to the point where we can't even safely drink tap water that has been filtered several times and treated with chemicals.