medicament

noun

1. a healing substance; medicine; remedy.

noun

1. a medicine or remedy in a specified formulation

n.mid-15c., “medical skill; a medicinal compound,” from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum “drug, remedy,” literally “means of healing,” from medicare “to heal, cure” (see medication). n.

1. An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.