premedication

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ medication.

Noun

premedication (countable and uncountable, plural premedications)

1. (medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.

Translations

administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic

• Czech: premedikace f
• German: Prämedikation f, Vormedikation f, medikamentöse Vorbehandlung f
• Spanish: premedicación (es) f

Adjective

premedication (not comparable)

1. Pre medication.
   • 2015 October 3, “Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Better than Acetaminophen on Fever Control at Acute Stage of Fracture”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The retrospective study revealed that, in the acetaminophen group, the mean value of postmedication body temperature (BT) was significantly higher than that of the premedication BT.

Antonyms

• postmedication