Thesaurus results for DRUGS

drugs 1 of 2

noun

plural of drug

as in medications

a substance or preparation used to treat disease prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection

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drugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drug

as in doses

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LaGrone was directed not to possess weapons, alcohol or drugs and remain under the care of a person whose initials are noted in a document. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 Another class of diabetes drugs being explored in this regard are the SGL2 inhibitors such as dapagliflozin and empagliflozin—these help your kidneys to push glucose out of the bloodstream and into the urine. — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026 Even those who have succumbed to cancer are able to be sent off like this, since toxic chemotherapy drugs are usually long gone from the body by the time of passing. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026 That's a positive signal, indicating more drugs in development are showing clinical promise. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 But lists of doctors and drugs that are covered can sometimes be wrong. — Emily Pisacreta, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 Investigators did not suspect the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. — Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The team highlighted that the improvements can even open new uses for electronics, such as reducing harm from street drugs. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 These drugs are distinct from the unregulated peptide products sold through wellness clinics and online retailers that market claims around athletic performance, inflammation or general health. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Those expenses include transportation, copays and medications.

— Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Adding medications or supplements without checking Aspirin and NSAIDs including ibuprofen can increase bleeding risk when taken with blood thinners, Abou-Ismail said.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of medications

Noun

Getting bespoke medicines into routine care presents another challenge.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Drugmakers seized on persorption as a way to understand how medicines are absorbed in the gut, and by the 1990s, pharmaceutical scientists considered particle uptake established enough to design products around it.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurses

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His attorney, Brian Williams, argued that the Fifth Amendment itself provides a legal avenue for seeking compensation, regardless of other remedies that may have been available.

— Brian Unger, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
If symptoms persist through drugstore remedies, do not wait it out.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

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