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drug (medicine)

Definition:
A chemical substance used internally or externally as a medicine for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of disease, for the relief of pain or to control or enhance physical or mental well-being. (Source: RHW, APD)
broader terms
industrial product
narrower terms
antibiotic
related terms
health care
  medicinal plant
  side effect
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
PRODUCTS, MATERIALS
Themes:
human health
materials
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: medicament
Wikipedia article
Pharmaceutical drug
Has close match
UMTHES: Arzneimittel
Arabic: عقار - دواء
Basque: medikamentu
Bulgarian: Лекарство (медикамент)
Catalan: medicaments
Chinese: 药品
Croatian: lijek (medicina)
Czech: lék
Danish: lægemiddel
Dutch: geneesmiddel
English (US): drug (medicine)
Estonian: ravim
Finnish: rohdos, lääkeaine
French: médicament
German: Arzneimittel
Greek: φάρμακο
Hungarian: gyógyszer
Irish: druga (leigheas)
Italian: farmaco
Latvian: zāles (medicīna)
Lithuanian: vaistas (medikamentas)
Maltese: mediċinali
Norwegian: medisin (medikament)
Polish: lekarstwo
Portuguese: produtos farmacêuticos
Romanian: medicament (medicină)
Russian: лекарство
Slovak: liek
Slovenian: zdravilo
Spanish: medicamentos
Swedish: läkemedel
Turkish: ilaç
Ukrainian: ліки
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2354>