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medication

[ med-i-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the use or application of medicine.
  2. a medicinal substance; medicament.


medication

/ ˌɛɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. treatment with drugs or remedies
  2. a drug or remedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • t·i·tDz adjective
  • p·i·tDz noun
  • v·i·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of medication1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin 徱پō- (stem of 徱پō ). See medicate, -ion
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They had been murdered by 35-year-old Luke D'Wit, a family friend who had laced their medication with the opioid painkiller fentanyl after using fake identities to manipulate them.

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In his Arizona home, a secret fireplace door opens when the James Bond theme is played on a piano nearby; another hidden compartment hides a stockpile of medication and nonperishables.

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One of the children is a four-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was sent without medication, a lawyer for the child's family said.

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Baffert returns to the Derby following a three-year ban after Medina Spirit tested positive for a medication not legal on race day.

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Attorneys for the family say that they were deported without medication and deprived of the ability to contact their doctors.

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