🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

jarabe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /xaˈɾabe/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Liquid medicine/ˈlɪk.wɪd ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El niño se tomó el jarabe sin protestar."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A medicinal preparation in liquid form, typically administered orally, such as a syrup, suspension, or elixir.

    "The pediatrician prescribed a sweet liquid medicine to help the toddler swallow the antibiotic easily."
  2. 2

    Any fluid pharmaceutical substance intended for treatment or relief of symptoms.

    "She measured the exact dosage of the liquid medicine using a small plastic cup."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'liquid' (derived from the Latin 'liquidus', meaning fluid or flowing, from 'liquere' to be fluid) and 'medicine' (from Latin 'medicina', from 'medicus' physician). Together in modern English, it denotes a pharmaceutical preparation in a fluid dosage form.

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