medication
NounUS[med-uh-key-shuhn]/ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)medications
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseaseSynonyms: medicinemedicamentmedicinal drugType of drugKinds remedy, dose, powder, pentylenetetrazol, prescription drug, patent medicine, antiprotozoal, nux vomica, sudorific, methacholine +79 moreMade of physostigmine
- the act of treating with medicines or remediesType of therapy, treatmentKinds administration, antipyresis
Word of the day · Oct 20About this word
exacerbateverb
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Translations
Noun medicine taken by a patient
- Spanish
- medicación
- French
- médicament
- German
- Medikament
- Italian
- farmaco
- Portuguese
- medicação
- Turkish
- ilaç
- Arabic
- دَوَاء dawāʔ
- Chinese
- 药物 yàowù
- Dutch
- medicatie
- Polish
- lek
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Med′i·ca′tion,
Origin: L. medicatio: cf. F. médication.
The act or process of medicating.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54