medicament
/ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
Etymology
From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.
noun
- A medicine, medication or drug.“1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,” Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not with any medicament of a contrary temper, as the Galenistes vse to cure [contraria contrarijs] but ”