MEDERI,  (from  pr^is)  to  heal,  to  cure  or  remedy.  Cummorbo  ine-
deri  alicui  vis,  consuetude  valentis  et  natura  corporis  cognbseenda
est.  Cic.  It  is  said  of  diseases,  sores,  and  wounds.  Medici  qui  niorbis,
qui  vulneribus,  qui  oculis  uiederentur.  Cic.  Figuratively  :  Inopiae
mederi,  Cic.,  To  relieve  the  distressed.  Reipublica?  afflictas  mederi,  Id.,
To  apply  remedies  In  the  diseases  of  the  state. — .MEDICARE  and  MEDI-
CAKI,  properly,  to  mix  or  mingle  some  drugs  or  lif/uors.  Semina  vidi
equidem  multos  medicare  serentes.  Virg.  Lana  medicata  luco.  Id.
Medicare  capillos.  Ovid.  It  is  said  of  giving  or  applying  any  thuig  i?i
order  to  cure.  Medicando  dolorem  abstulit.  Tibul.  Sed  non  Darda-
nije  medicari  cuspidis  ictum  eraluit.  Virg. — SANARE,  to  heal  or  cure,
speaking  of  wounds  and  sores.  Citius  repentinus  tumor  oculorum  sa-
natur,  quam  diuturna  lippitudo  depellitur.  Cic.  Figuratively  :  Sa-
nare rulnera  Reipublicae.  Cic.
1613.  Medicina.  Medicamen.  Medicamentum.   Reniedium.
MEDICINA  (from  ^Sog,  care)  is  said  loth  of  the  art  of  physic, and
of  the  remedy  itself.  An  medicina  ars  non  putanda  est  ?  Cic.  Imbe-
cillior  est  medicina  quam  morbus.  Cic.  Fortis  aegroti  est  accipere
medicinam.  Id.  Medicinam  facere,  Id.,  To  administer  physic.  Figu-
ratively :  Petere  medicinam  a  littcris.  Cic.  Medicinam  tidhibere
Reipublicse.  Id. — MEDICAMEN^O/;?/  mixing  or  mixture.  Vis  medica-
niinis,  Tac.,  The  violence  of  a  poisonous  mixture.  Extemplo  tristi  mc-
dicamine  tactic  dtrluxcre  comas.  Ovid.  Vinolentis  niedicaminibus
curavi.  Cic. — MEDICAMF.XTUM,  medicament.  Medicanicntorum  sa-
lutarium  plenissimac  terrac.  Cic.  Si  quis  medicamentum  cuiquam  de-
derit  ad  aquam  intercutem.  Id.  Figurativdy  :  Medicaments  doloris.
