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medical marijuana

American

[med-i-kuhl mar-uh-wah-nuh] / ˈmɛd ɪ kəl ˌmær əˈwɑ nə /

Sometimes medical cannabis

noun

marijuana obtained with a doctor’s written recommendation and used as a medicine, as in the form of a pill, oil, vapor, or edible.

patients who try medical marijuana to ease chronic pain.

First recorded in 1975–80

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