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medication

See also: médication

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Etymology

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From Middle English medicacioun, from Middle French médication and its etymon Latin medicātiō, from medicārī (“to heal, cure”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”), from medērī (“to heal”).[1][2][3]

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Noun

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medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)

  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]
    • 2019 March 19, The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, season 2, episode 3, Michael Pennington (actor), via Channel 4:
      Are you going to be be like this all day? It’s like I’ve not took[sic – meaning taken] my medication.
  2. The administration of medicine.
    Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.

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References

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  1. ^ “medicāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “medication, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “medication (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Noun

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medication (plural medicationes)

  1. medication, medicine
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