MEDICATION

medication

(noun) the act of treating with medicines or remedies

medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

(noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

The administration of medicine.

Anagrams

• decimation

Source: Wiktionary


Med`i*ca"tion, Etym: [L. medicatio: cf. F. médication.]

Definition: The act or process of medicating.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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