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med·i·ca·tion

(mĕd′ĭ-kā′shən)

1. A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.

2. The act or process of treating a patient with medicine: the response to medication.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

medication

(ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən)

1. (Medicine) treatment with drugs or remedies

2. (Pharmacology) a drug or remedy

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

med•i•ca•tion

(ˌmɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the use or application of medicine.

2. a medicinal substance; medicament.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin]

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Noun	1.	medication - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease medicament, medicinal drug, medicine acyclovir, Zovirax - an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms alendronate, Fosamax - a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause allopurinol, Zyloprim - a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid amrinone, Inocor - a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller - a medicine used to relieve pain angiogenesis inhibitor - a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication - a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide - any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug - a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine anticholinesterase - a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect anticoagulant medication, decoagulant - medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug - a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) antidepressant, antidepressant drug - any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug - a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug - a drug used to control or stop diarrhea antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug - a drug that limits the formation of urine antiemetic, antiemetic drug - a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting antihistamine - a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug - a drug that reduces high blood pressure anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug - a medicine intended to reduce inflammation antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug - a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa antipyretic, febrifuge - any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever antiseptic - a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic - a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) antitussive - any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug - any drug that destroys viruses APC - a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine) astringent, astringent drug, styptic - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals atomic cocktail - an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer azathioprine, Imuran - an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ blocking agent, blocker - a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process bronchodilator - a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker - any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or migraine carminative - medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing Atromid-S, clofibrate - a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix - a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from sticking together to form clots that would restrict blood flow cold medicine - medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold
	2.	medication - the act of treating with medicines or remedies therapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief" antipyresis - medication with antipyretics to treat a fever giving medication, administration - the act of administering medication

medication

noun medicine, drug, cure, remedy, prescription, medicament She stopped taking the prescribed medication.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

medication

noun

1. An agent used to restore health:

cure, elixir, medicament, medicine, nostrum, physic, remedy.

2. A substance used in the treatment of disease:

drug, medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical.

Translations

Medikament Medikation

médication

medicazione

medication

[ˌmedɪˈkeɪʃən] N (= drugs) → medicación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

medication

[ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n (= drugs) → médication f
to be on medication → être sous médication

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

medication

n (act) → (medizinische) Behandlung; (= drugs etc) → Verordnung f, → Medikamente pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

medication

[ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n (medicine) → medicinali mpl, farmaci mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

med·i·ca·tion

n. medicina, medicamento; pop. remedio.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

I'm on this medication → Užívám tyhle léky → Jeg tager denne medicin → Ich nehme dieses Medikament → Tomo este medicamento → Käytän tätä lääkettä → Je suis ce traitement → Uzimam ovaj lijek → Prendo questo farmaco → 이 약을 먹고 있어요 → Ik slik deze medicijnen → Jeg bruker denne medisinen → Biorę to lekarstwo → Eu estou tomando esta medicação → Jag tar den här medicinen → Bu ilacı kullanıyorum → Tôi đang dùng thuốc này → 我服用这种药

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

medication

n medicamento

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Becky first accepted the tracts and began to examine them with great interest, engaging the Dowager in a conversation concerning them and the welfare of her soul, by which means she hoped that her body might escape medication. But after the religious topics were exhausted, Lady Macbeth would not quit Becky's chamber until her cup of night-drink was emptied too; and poor Mrs.

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