ADJ
- modern
- advances in modern medicine
- traditional
- qualified in traditional Chinese medicine
- folk
- Garlic was widely used in folk medicine
- conventional, orthodox
- alternative, complementary, holistic, homeopathic
- preventative, preventive
- academic, clinical, forensic, scientific
- general
- She gave up general medicine to specialize in geriatric medicine
- geriatric, obstetric, paediatric, veterinary, etc.
- Chinese, Western
- private, public health
- She believed private medicine was a threat to the existence of the National Health Service
VERB + MEDICINE
- train in
- qualify in
- practise
- people practising alternative medicine
ADJ
- powerful, strong
- cough
- a bottle of cough medicine
- herbal
- prescription
VERB + MEDICINE
- take
- swallow
- prescribe (sb)
- administer, give sb
- treat sb with
PREP
- ~ for
- medicine for a chest infection