medication
[ med-i-key-shuh n ]
/ ˌmɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
noun
the use or application of medicine.
a medicinal substance; medicament.
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- medicant,
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Origin of medication
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medication
/ (ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
treatment with drugs or remedies
a drug or remedy
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medication
early 15c., "medical treatment of a disease or wound," from Middle French médication and directly from Latin medicationem (nominative medicatio) "healing, cure," from past participle stem of medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician, healing" (see medical (adj.)).
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medication
[ mĕd′ĭ-kā′shən ]
n.
A medicine; a medicament.
The act or process of treating with medicine.
Administration of medicine.
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