medication

[med-i-key-shuh n]

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noun

the use or application of medicine.

a medicinal substance; medicament.

Origin of medication

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin medicātiōn- (stem of medicātiō). See medicate, -ion

Related formsan·ti·med·i·ca·tion, adjectivehy·per·med·i·ca·tion, nouno·ver·med·i·ca·tion, noun

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Related Words for medication

assistance, drug, remedy, treatment, medicine, aid, placebo, pharmaceutical, prescription, sedative, opiate, narcotic, cure, pill, stimulant, reparation, nostrum, help, corrective, alleviation

Examples from the Web for medication

Contemporary Examples of medication

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Historical Examples of medication

The medication of the woods was not overestimated by Bradley.
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Bret Harte
A night's sleep now would do as much good as all the medication.
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It is therefore a waste of time to attempt cures by medication.
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At any rate, the consequences of the medication were most disastrous.
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Francis E. Anstie
Many so-called remedies were found to contain absolutely no medication at all.
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W. Grant Hague

British Dictionary definitions for medication

medication

noun

treatment with drugs or remedies

a drug or remedy

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Word Origin and History for 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.)).

medication in Medicine

medication

[mĕd′ĭ-kā′shən]

n.

A medicine; a medicament.

The act or process of treating with medicine.

Administration of medicine.