No. 2,313 in French

médicaments

Medications or drugs used to treat illnesses.

In a sentence

Je dois prendre mes médicaments tous les matins.
I must take my medicine every morning.
Here, 'médicaments' refers to the daily prescribed medicine for health purposes.
Les médicaments sont essentiels pour traiter certaines maladies.
Medicines are essential for treating certain illnesses.
In this sentence, 'médicaments' is used generically to refer to pharmaceutical drugs as a concept or category.
Dans cette pharmacie, ils vendent une grande variété de médicaments.
In this pharmacy, they sell a wide variety of medicines.
The term 'médicaments' here refers specifically to the stock of pharmaceutical products available for purchase.

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