From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmedicamentme‧dic‧a‧ment /mɪˈdɪkəmənt, ˈmedɪ-/ noun [countable] formalMD a substance used to treat a disease
Examples from the Corpus
medicament• There's a third world study which lists a minimum of drugs and medicaments essential to public health.• They send us out-of-date medicaments.• Bring brandy and the other medicaments I ordered.Origin medicament (1400-1500) Latin medicamentum, from mederi; → MEDICAL 