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to medicate

to medicate

13 6.1
Treat a thing like soap with medicine so it helps heal or prevent infection
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt/
translation icon : impregnar con
  • Jasmine got medicated shampoo for the yeast infection and was supposed to get a bath every two days.

If you're a trans woman like me then self medicating in England is legal.

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Examples

  • And on the same platform, they have an authentication platform where the doctors can medicate for a client and then the client buy the product.

  • Once Gabe's arm was cleaned, medicated, and bandaged, bowls of chicken soup and hot biscuits were served.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • In fact, though she was heartbroken and heavily medicated, she never lost her determination to have the child she was bearing.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Dermatologists recommend medicated dandruff shampoo that contains the ingredients selenium sulfide, zinc, or ketoconazole.

    Blog text (20)
  • The doctor recommended that I medicate my allergy with these tablets.

  • To speed up recovery, the nurse advised the patient to medicate regularly with the prescribed ointment.

  • He needs to medicate his infection immediately to prevent it from worsening.

Synonyms

to medicine
vsto medicate
7.2

Give a drug to a person or animal to treat illness

is broader and includes physically impregnating with a medicinal substance
dosed
vsto medicate
7.0

Something that has a substance such as oil or pesticide added to it

is limited to using medicinal substances rather than any application

How Treated

to medicate
13 6.1
to treat
831 2.7

Surface Forms

medicate infinitive
medicated past
medicated past participle
medicating present participle
medicates third person singular

Morphology

medicate = medic (transparent) = medic + ate

Same derivation as the general sense: 'medic' + '-ate', so 'to impregnate or treat with a medicinal substance' is derivable from the base.

Etymology

Medicate comes from the Latin root medic- meaning 'to heal', like in medicine and medic. In this sense, to medicate something is to treat it by putting medicine into or onto it so it can heal.