medication
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3.3
- noun
- /ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
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medicación
- She takes her medication every morning to manage her condition effectively.
- antidepressant medication
- self-medication
- pain medication
So we don't only rely on medication or one thing to treat your condition.
- So we don't only rely on medication or one thing to treat your condition.
- We can also think of this through the lens of self medication.
Examples
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Instead, their opinions reflect more complex thinking about the value of medication in given contexts and for specific problems.
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I know some people resist that, but I'm still on medication all these years later.
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So please do not stop your medication on your own.
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I want my employees to get the medication that the doctors say is best.
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The surgeon told me to stop taking my medication before the operation.
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So we don't only rely on medication or one thing to treat your condition.
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I want what's best for you and I believe properly prescribed medication is the best way to heal you.
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In this article, we report only on their attitudes toward medication for youths.
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We performed an ethnographic study of nursing behaviors related to medication administration.
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The health difficulties included caring for personal needs, medication difficulties, incontinence, and not following doctor's orders.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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2.1
Care to cure or reduce a health problem
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2.5
Help from doctors and nurses for illness or injury
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3.9
Giving medicine to a person or animal
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6.2
A medical treatment that uses medicines like pills or injections
Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine that prevents or corrects an abnormal heart rhythm
- Specialized
A medicine that reduces fat, especially cholesterol, in the blood
- Specialized
A treatment that uses a small electric current to push medicine into body tissue
How Medical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Medication comes from the root medic- meaning 'heal', as in medical and medicine. So medication can also mean the act of treating a sickness with medicines because it is about helping to heal.