medication

nouncommon in dialogue

//mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən//

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

noun

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]
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.

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.

Forms

plural: medications

Medic · The Median language.medical · Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.medically · For medical purposes.

medication · A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Medici · A surname from Italian.medicinal · Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine;…medicine · A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.