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REMEDY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

Synonyms:

redress; remediation; remedy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("remedy" is a kind of...):

correction; rectification (the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remedy"):

salve (anything that remedies or heals or soothes)

Derivation:

remedial (tending or intended to rectify or improve)

remedy (set straight or right)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Synonyms:

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("remedy" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remedy"):

acoustic (a remedy for hearing loss or deafness)

antidote; counterpoison (a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison)

emetic; nauseant; vomit; vomitive (a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting)

lenitive (remedy that eases pain and discomfort)

application; lotion (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin)

magic bullet (a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease)

balm; ointment; salve; unction; unguent (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)

alleviant; alleviator; palliative (remedy that alleviates pain without curing)

catholicon; cure-all; nostrum; panacea (hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists)

preventative; preventive; prophylactic (remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease)

Holonyms ("remedy" is a part of...):

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Derivation:

remedial (tending to cure or restore to health)

remedy (provide relief for)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide relief for

Example:

remedy his illness

Synonyms:

relieve; remedy

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "remedy" is one way to...):

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

remedy (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set straight or right

Example:

repair an oversight

Synonyms:

amend; rectify; remediate; remedy; repair

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "remedy" is one way to...):

correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

remedy (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)

Credits

 Context examples: 

She brought him the anti-tobacco remedy, purchased out of her glove money, and in a few days forgot all about it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"We've done a good job of extending life span, but a poor job of extending our health span. We now see sleep, and improving sleep, as a new pathway for helping remedy that."

(Deep Sleep May Act as Fountain of Youth in Old Age, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines are correlated with decreased appetite and weight loss; thus, this herbal remedy may improve immune function, appetite and weight gain, which could prevent cachexia.

(Astragalus-based Formulation Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang, NCI Thesaurus)

It also provides an important insight into the pathophysiology of insomnia and the role of orexin in arousal regulation, which will hopefully lead to the first step to develop remedies for sleep disorders.

(The Secret Connection between Anxiety, Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Caffeine citrate is used chiefly as a remedy for the idiopathic headache (migraine).

(Caffeine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

An herbal remedy derived from the seeds of the evergreen tree Strychnos nux-vomica, a native to southeast Asia and northern Australia.

(Nux Vomica Seed, NCI Thesaurus)

The parts used are the aerial parts, root, flowers and/or seeds depending on the remedy.

(Motherwort, NCI Thesaurus)

To protect yourself, recognize the red flags such as: • Miracle cure • Quick fix • Ancient remedy • Secret ingredient • Scientific breakthrough

(Health Fraud, Food and Drug Administration)

Dinitrophenol was once used as diet remedy to lose weight without exercise or diet, but this compound is a metabolic poison and resulted in deaths in when purposefully given to humans.

(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This herbal remedy seems to increase the growth and activity of immune cells, including white blood cells, macrophages and natural killer cells, and to stimulate phagocytosis.

(Echinacea Extract, NCI Thesaurus)