Tambal

medicine; medication; remedynoun / verb

Alternative meanings

Medicine, medication, or remedy; a substance or treatment used to cure, relieve symptoms, or treat an illness. It can also work as a verb meaning to cure or treat.

Pronunciation

TAM-bal

Root and affixes

Tambal is the root for medicine, remedy, and curing. Related forms include pagtambal, treatment, and tambalan, to treat or medicate.

Variants or conjugations

pagtambal = treatment or act of curing; tambalan = to medicate or treat; mananambal = healer or physician; medisina = medicine

Related words and expressions

treatment, medicate, doctor, illness, pharmacy

Meaning and usage notes

Use tambal for medicine, medication, or remedy in general. For the medical profession or field of study, medisina may sound more technical.