English[]
Etymology[]
From Latin as if *medicatio < medicari (“‘to heal, cure’”) < medicus (“‘a physician, surgeon’”) < mederi (“‘to heal’”).
Pronunciation[]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun[]
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Medication (medications)
- A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
- The administration of medicine
Related terms[]
- medic
- medicine
- medicament
- medicate
- medicinal
- premedication
Translations[]
all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
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administration of medicine
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External links[]
- Medication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Medication in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Medication at OneLook® Dictionary Search
Anagrams[]
- acdeiimnot,
- decimation
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