Word Study
medication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun medication has 2 senses
- medication(n = noun.artifact) medicament, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease; Array has particulars: acyclovir, zovirax, alendronate, fosamax, allopurinol, zyloprim, amrinone, inocor, analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, angiogenesis inhibitor, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, febrifuge, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, apc, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium-channel blocker, calcium blocker, carminative, atromid-s, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, antabuse, disulfiram, dosage, dose, drixoral, drug cocktail, haart, highly active antiretroviral therapy, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, lopid, haematinic, hematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, isuprel, isordil, isosorbide, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drug, mecholyl, methacholine, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, camphorated tincture of opium, paregoric, patent medicine, cuprimine, penicillamine, metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, placebo, powder, ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic, rubefacient, depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, specific, carafate, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, tincture, restorative, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge
- medication(n = noun.act) Array - the act of treating with medicines or remedies; Array is a kind of therapy
is a kind of drug
Derived form verb medicate2
has particulars: antipyresis, administration, giving medication
Derived forms verb medicate2, verb medicate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
medication, [L. medicatio: cf. F. médication.].
The act or process of medicating. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
medication, n.
1 a substance used for medical treatment.
2 treatment using drugs.
1 a substance used for medical treatment.
2 treatment using drugs.
THESAURUS
medication
balm, balsam, curative measures, cure, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, first aid, generic name, healing arts, herbs, hospitalization, inhalant, lincture, linctus, materia medica, medical care, medical treatment, medicament, medicamentation, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, medicines, mixture, nonprescription drug, officinal, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, powder, preparation, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, psychotherapy, regime, regimen, simples, syrup, therapeusis, therapeutics, theraputant, therapy, tisane, treatment, vegetable remedies
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