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medication

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As a noun, medication means a medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Meanings of medication

4 meanings

noun

  1. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

    “Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]”

    “Have you been taking your medications? [countable]”

  2. The administration of medicine.

    “Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.”

  3. (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

    Similar: medicine, medicament, medicinal drug

  4. The act of treating with medicines or remedies

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviate…
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