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  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 20,
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  "domain": "everyday",
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  "folk_gloss": null,
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    "components": [
      "drug.chemical",
      "treatment.medical"
    ],
    "interaction": "a drug treat health condition",
    "novel_properties": [
      "curative effect",
      "dosage control",
      "targeted action"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "Penicillin treated bacterial infections in soldiers during World War II, reducing mortality from wound infections by 90%.",
      "domain": "medicine"
    },
    {
      "text": "The antiretroviral drug combination AZT+3TC+efavirenz suppressed HIV replication in patients starting in 1996.",
      "domain": "pharmacology"
    },
    {
      "text": "Insulin injections replaced missing hormone function in diabetic patients after its isolation in 1921 at the University of Toronto.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "is-a",
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    }
  ],
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    "medicines"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-medicine.medical"
}