to medicate
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/
:
medicar
- I am medicated for a chemical imbalance.
- medicate a patient
- self-medicate
I've been oriented towards self medicating since I've been in my teens.
- I've been oriented towards self medicating since I've been in my teens.
- And so then what we do is we medicate them, right?
- You cannot out medicate poor behaviour.
- And we just sort of say, hey, let's just medicate this away.
- You know, suicide, you know, more and more kids are being medicated for all kinds of conditions.
- Because they're using it to to self medicate because they're stressed out of their minds.
- Don't let anyone else diagnose you or medicate you.
- Oh, you're having trouble sleeping, Let's medicate it.
- One, are kids getting over medicated?
- Sheep dip as in the, you know, when they, yeah, when they medicate the sheep and they push them underwater.
- The fact that I'm doing this right now is like what like, And that's because I've medicated him today.
- And in the mental health world, there's a lot of time spent, you know, deciding what's self medicating and what's a symptom of a larger problem.
- Anecdotally every British trans person I know except for two I think is either self medicating or has at some point.
Examples
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The patient was medicated with dopamine, furosemide, digoxin, and chlorthalidone.
Academic text (2007) -
"Unfortunately, people are going to medicate because they're trying to deal with it."
Blog text (16) -
You have to medicate him to have him sit still.
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And so then what we do is we medicate them, right?
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Am I saying that no one should medicate their child under a doctor's supervision?
Blog text (6) -
We, the physician and I, approached the patient, examined him, diagnosed his indisposition, and medicated him.
Academic text (1996) -
They medicated me.
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The doctor recommended that I medicate my condition with this new prescription.
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After the surgery, the patient was medicated to manage their pain effectively.
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The psychiatrist told her to stay medicated until her symptoms improved.
Synonyms
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2.7
To give medical care to try to cure an illness or injury
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3.2
To give medical help to someone
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9.9
To treat someone with medicine, often using herbs
Give a drug to a person or animal to treat illness
Something that has a substance such as oil or pesticide added to it
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Medicate comes from the Latin root medic- meaning 'to heal', the same root you see in medicine and medic. So to medicate someone is to give them medicine as part of care.