The doctor prescribed medicine to cure the patient's illness.

Meaning: This describes the action of a medical professional providing medication to heal a person's sickness.

Choice of Words: Doctor means a person who is qualified to treat diseases or injuries. Prescribed means to recommend or order a particular medicine or treatment. Medicine means a substance used to treat or prevent disease. When you put them together, "the doctor prescribed medicine to cure the patient's illness" creates a picture of a medical professional providing medication to heal a person's sickness.

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