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remedy
1. Anything that cures, palliates (relieves), or prevents disease.
2. Something; such as, medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures a disease, or corrects a physical disorder.
3. Something that corrects an evil, a fault, or an error.
4. In law, a legal order preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.
5. Etymology: from Anglo-French remedie, Old French remede; from Latin remedium, "a cure, a remedy, a medicine"; from re-, "again" + mederi, "to heal".
2. Something; such as, medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures a disease, or corrects a physical disorder.
3. Something that corrects an evil, a fault, or an error.
4. In law, a legal order preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.
5. Etymology: from Anglo-French remedie, Old French remede; from Latin remedium, "a cure, a remedy, a medicine"; from re-, "again" + mederi, "to heal".
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medico-, medic-, medi-, med-
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re-, red-
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“remedy”
(Greek: remedy, cure)
(Latin: heal, cure, remedy; physician, doctor; practice of medicine, give medicine to)
(Latin: make right, adjust, remedy; make straight; to lead, put in a straight line; to rule)