administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
self-administering
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a word derived from
administer.
Example Sentences
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The other option is to restrict it to patients self-administering the drugs.
From BBC ● May 13, 2024
The singer’s psychiatrist, Dr. Stephen S. Marmer, revealed in a declaration also filed Wednesday that Wilson is taking medication for dementia and is incapable of self-administering medicine and sticking to his medication schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve gotten better at self-administering coronavirus tests, but she hasn’t gotten any fonder of having her nose swabbed.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2022
"I think it’s very much going out of control," said Salvador Barragan after self-administering his nasal swab.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
Otis self-administering tests of mental ability, for intermediate and higher examinations.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
