Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Suggestive medicine /səj-ĕs'-tĭv mĕd'-əs-ən/ · Sug·gest·ive med·i·cine · IPA 01 Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient. 1. Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.