medication
See also: médication
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and its etymon Latin medicātiō, from medicārī (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medērī (“to heal”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editmedication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)
- A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]
- Have you been taking your medications? [countable]
- 2019 March 19, The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, season 2, episode 3, Michael Pennington (actor), via Channel 4:
- Are you going to be be like this all day? It’s like I’ve not took[sic – meaning taken] my medication.
- The administration of medicine.
- Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.
Derived terms
edit- apomedication
- automedication
- comedication
- demedication
- electromedication
- enzyme-inducing medication
- enzyme-inhibiting medication
- forget to take one's medication this morning
- hypermedication
- medicational
- medication-assisted treatment
- medication assisted treatment
- mismedication
- nonmedication
- overmedication
- polymedication
- postmedication
- premedication
- self-medication
- undermedication
Related terms
editTranslations
editone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
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administration of medicine
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References
edit- ^ “medicāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “medication, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “medication (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
edit- “medication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “medication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “medication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editInterlingua
editNoun
editmedication (plural medicationes)
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