medicator
1
7.8
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪtər/
:
medicador
- In the clinic, they hired a skilled medicator to help with the distribution of medications to patients.
Examples
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Geneva was sealed into a Healy medicator, and her voice, when it came through the speaker, sounded hollow behind the thick, clear plastic of the lid.
Fiction book (1991) -
The medicator carefully administered the patient's medication at the scheduled time.
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We'll be greeted as medicators!
Blog text (12) -
I'm a big medicator.
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The Consultant as Medicator
Academic text (1991) -
"Nah, it’d have just given us more room in the medicator."
Fiction book (1991) -
Specifically, the particular substance chosen for self-medication (whether drugs or alcohol) is the one that self-medicators seem to be at risk of becoming dependent on in the future.
Blog text (31) -
After the procedure, the medicator ensured that the patient was comfortable and had received the right dosage.
Synonyms
674
3.8
A doctor who finds what is wrong and treats sick or injured people
187
3.1
A person who gives medical care to injured soldiers on the battlefield
100
3.0
A person who makes and gives out medicines and tells people how to use them
6
3.7
A person who gives out medicines or other supplies
A person who cares for people who are sick or hurt
How Trained
∞
1.0
100
3.0
∞
1.0
1
7.8
- Specialized
- US
79
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word medicator comes from the root medic-, meaning 'heal' or 'cure', the same root in medicine and medical. The ending -ator means 'one who does', so a medicator is a person or device that gives medicine to someone or something.