medication

B2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #4159

Meanings

1

noun
A medicine, or the medicines a person takes regularly.

Have you been taking your medication every morning?
2

noun
The act of treating someone with medicine.

If the symptoms continue, medication may be necessary.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a medicine, or the... medicine

Word family

Forms medications

Derived forms apomedicationautomedicationcomedicationdemedicationelectromedicationhypermedicationmedicationalmismedicationnonmedicationovermedicationpolymedicationpostmedication

Related forms medic medicament medicate medicinal medicineself-medicate

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Phrases (1)

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administer medication
to give a patient medicine as part of their care

Verb + noun

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.

medicacioun Middle English médication Middle French medicātiō Latin

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Health & Medicine

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# medication

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 4159

## Meanings
1. A medicine, or the medicines a person takes regularly.
2. The act of treating someone with medicine.

## Examples
- Have you been taking your medication every morning?
- If the symptoms continue, medication may be necessary.

## Derived Forms
- apomedication
- automedication
- comedication
- demedication
- electromedication
- hypermedication
- medicational
- mismedication
- nonmedication
- overmedication
- polymedication
- postmedication

## Related Forms
- medic
- medicament
- medicate
- medicinal
- medicine
- self-medicate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: medicacioun
- Root: médication
- Root: medicātiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Medication comes 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. In present-day English its meanings include a medicine, or the medicines a person takes regularly and the act of treating someone with medicine. The historical chain runs through medicacioun (Middle English), médication (Middle French), and medicātiō (Latin). Related and derived forms include medic, medicament, medicate, and apomedication.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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