medicinal product / medicine
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medicinal product
A substance or preparation used to cure, relieve, prevent, or diagnose diseases in humans or animals. This is the official and legal term for a medication.
Die Abgabe dieses Arzneimittels ist nur auf ärztliche Verschreibung in der Apotheke gestattet.
The dispensing of this medicinal product is permitted only with a doctor's prescription at the pharmacy.
The word is composed of 'Arznei' (a formal word for a remedy or medicine) and 'Mittel' (means/agent). So it literally describes a 'means of medicine' or a remedy.
Dieses Arzneimittel hilft gegen Kopfschmerzen.
This medicine helps with headaches.
'Arzneimittel' (medicinal product) is the official, legal, and scientific term. You find it on packaging, in package inserts, in laws, and in the specialist language of doctors and pharmacists.
Die Herstellung von Arzneimitteln unterliegt strengen Kontrollen.
The production of medicinal products is subject to strict controls.
Common verbs used with 'Arzneimittel' (medicinal product) are 'einnehmen' (to take), 'verschreiben' (to prescribe), 'herstellen' (to produce), and 'zulassen' (to approve/authorize).
Der Arzt hat mir ein starkes Arzneimittel verschrieben.
The doctor prescribed me a strong medicine.
remedy / means
'das Mittel' and 'das Arzneimittel' can both refer to a product that helps with illnesses. However, 'Arzneimittel' is the precise and official term, especially in pharmacies, with doctors, or in legal texts. 'Mittel' is more general and can also be non-medical, for example 'ein Putzmittel' (a cleaning product) or 'ein Mittel gegen Unkraut' (a weed killer). The words can be confused because in everyday language people often simply say 'Mittel' when they actually mean a medical product. In official or medical contexts, 'Arzneimittel' is more precise.
Mehmet liest die Packungsbeilage, weil er das Arzneimittel zum ersten Mal nimmt.
Mehmet reads the package leaflet because he is taking the medicinal product for the first time.
Auf dem Amt gibt es ein Mittel zur Desinfektion neben der Tür.
At the government office, there is a disinfectant next to the door.