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English
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”).[1][2][3] Equivalent to medicate + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)
- 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.
- The administration of medicine.
Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.
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Translations
one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient administration of medicine References
- ^ “medicāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “medication, n.”, in OED Online
 , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “medication (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “medication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “medication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “medication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Interlingua
Noun
medication (plural medicationes)
- medication, medicine
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