medicine vs silver bullet

medicine

noun
  • Recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks. 

  • Ritual magic used, as by a medicine man, to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, or warfare; traditional medicine. 

  • The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness. 

  • A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug. 

  • The profession and practice of physicians, including surgeons. 

  • The profession and practice of nonsurgical physicians as sometimes distinguished from that of surgeons. 

  • Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing. 

  • Any treatment or cure. 

silver bullet

noun
  • A cocktail somewhat like a martini. 

  • Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results. 

  • A thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings. 

  • A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster. 

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