medication

noun

USmed-i-KAY-shun/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

Pluralmedications

2 meanings of medication

1
nouncountable or uncountable
Medicine used to treat illness, or all the medicines a person takes regularly.
Like the daily pills and liquids a sick person takes to feel better.
The doctor changed her medication after the test results came back.
He keeps all his medication in a drawer beside the bed.
Similarmedicine, drug, remedy, prescription, medicament
2
noununcountable
The act of giving medicine to someone who is sick.
Like watering a plant on schedule: giving the right amount at the right time.
The medication of young children calls for carefully measured doses.
Medication of the wounded soldiers continued throughout the night.
Similartreatment, dosing

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Origin

It comes from Latin words meaning "to heal" and "a physician," through Middle French and Middle English.