medication
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
Noun 2 meanings
A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
The administration of medicine.
“Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.”
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.
MEDICATION at a glance
MEDICATION has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + D 2 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,514 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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