As nouns the difference between medicine and scammony

is that medicine is a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way while scammony is convolvulus scammonia , a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.

As a verb medicine

is (rare|obsolete) to treat with medicine.

As a noun scammony is

convolvulus scammonia , a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium.

As nouns the difference between scammony and jalapin

is that scammony is Convolvulus scammonia, a twining perennial bindweed native to the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, whose juice has been used in medicine as scammonium while jalapin is the active principle of scammony, the glucoside with chemical formula C₃₄H₁₁₄O₆, a powerful purgative.

As a noun jail

is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

As a verb jail

is to imprison.

As an adjective jailless is

without a jail or jails.

As nouns the difference between cathartic and jalap

is that cathartic is a laxative while jalap is a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant found in mexico.

As an adjective cathartic

is purgative; inducing catharsis.

As nouns the difference between drug and jalap

is that drug is (pharmacology) a substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose or drug can be (obsolete) a drudge while jalap is a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant found in mexico.

As a verb drug

is to administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent or drug can be (drag).

As an adjective tuberous

is of, relating to, resembling, or producing tubers.

As a noun jalap is

a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.

As a proper noun root

is .

As a noun jalap is

a cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of ipomoea purga , a convolvulaceous plant found in mexico.

As an adjective stocky

is sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.

As a noun jacksnipe is

Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.

As nouns the difference between wader and jacksnipe

is that wader is one who wades while jacksnipe is lymnocryptes minimus , a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.