Mushonga (chemical in English) ungava mushonga wokurapisa kana unoshandiswa mune mamwe mabasa pamusha kana muhushangazhi. Muchidzidzo chemishonga kana nemvura nemweya watinofema unopindawo pamupanda wemishonga. Shoko rokuti muchetura rinonyanya kushandiswa kutaura mushonga unouraya, kukora kana kukuvadza uchinge waiswa pachikafu chokudya. Kuchetura zvinoreva kuisira munhu mushonga muchokudya. Shoko rokuti chefu rinotaura mishonga inokuvadza kusanganisira: muchetura; nemiwme mishonga yokufemba kana kufema. Kupinga zvinotaura mushonga unoshandiswa kudzivirira chirwere chisati chatanga - immunization inganzi imhando yokupinga. Fumbo (Medicine to produce unconsciousness). Rufimbi (ansesthetic). Hwanga kana kuti uroyi mushonga unoshandiswa kukuvadza vamwe. Rukata (medicine ground and strewn on coals to prevent sickness). Muchidzo kana muchidza (remedy e.g. for cough or difficult situation). Murimo (Herbal medine, generally liquid). Muti. Mutombo (chemical) apa kureva mushonga. Mupfumbwe (poison in powder form). Mbandani (poison dissolved in liquid form). Mushonga Mbarikwa kana mishonga mubarikwa (Generic medicines or drugs)???. Mishonga uyu imbarikwa: this is a generic drug. Kana mushonga uri mbarikwa kureva kuti wakagadzirwa uchitodzana neumwe wagara uripo, asi une musiyano zvishoma.