medication
//mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- medications
Definitions
1.A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3121
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
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”).
Equivalent to medicate + -ion.