Definitions for medication
ˌmɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃənmed·i·ca·tion

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1. medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug(noun)

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

2. medication(noun)

   the act of treating with medicines or remedies

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1. medication(Noun)

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

2. medication(Noun)

   The administration of medicine

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1. Medication

   the act or process of medicating

   Etymology: [L. medicatio: cf. F. mdication.]

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1. Medication

   A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as a medicine or medication, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance - or product comprising such - intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease. The word pharmaceutical comes from the Greek word Pharmakeia. The modern transliteration of Pharmakeia is Pharmacia.

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1. decimation

How to pronounce medication?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of medication in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of medication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of medication in a Sentence

1. Jackson Browne:

   My symptoms are really pretty mild, so I don't require any kind of medication and certainly not hospitalization or anything like that.

2. Carolyn Lam Su Ping:

   If you have a mood or anxiety disorder, many excellent treatments are available; the most efficacious is some form of cognitive-behavior therapy with or without medication.

3. Pasquale Cappellano:

   It's terrible! i gotta pick up my medication at Walgreens or else I wouldn't be out the door.

4. Jennifer Andresen:

   I try to breathe, and I try to focus on something else in my head, there've been times recently that I had to take anti-nausea medication. Sometimes I have to get in the shower because I feel so itchy. And then I relax and cool down.

5. Marc Veyrat:

   Can you imagine the sense of shame I feel? I am the first chef in history to have won a star and lost it the next year, every morning, I wake up with that in my head. I'm at the end of my tether, I struggle to sleep, I hardly eat any more ... I'm on medication. I've had dark thoughts.

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