medication

[ med-i-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. the use or application of medicine.
2. a medicinal substance; medicament.

medication

/ ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. treatment with drugs or remedies
2. a drug or remedy

Other Words From

• anti·medi·cation adjective
• hyper·medi·cation noun
• over·medi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of medication¹

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

Example Sentences

“We were floundering. We needed help as well. We gave her the medication and it was constantly being changed. It wasn’t working,” Ann said.

From BBC

And he would undoubtedly carry out the Trump administration’s coming crackdown on abortion: As congressman, Gaetz has consistently supported draconian anti-abortion laws, including severe restrictions on medication abortion.

From Slate

Landry has also made it legal to use nitrogen as a form of capital punishment, added medication to induce abortion on the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances and made it so judges can order surgical castration for child sex offenders.

From Salon

No doctor or anyone else would be allowed to administer the medication to the terminally ill person.

From BBC

Speaking in court, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, the counsel assisting the coroner, said Cauchi had been off his psychotropic medication since 2019, despite authorities being repeatedly warned of his deteriorating state.

From BBC

Related Words

• cure
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• remedy
• sedative
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