Medication - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Medication :  (noun)
1: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medicament, medicinal drug]
2: the act of treating with medicines or remedies

Based on WordNet 2.0

Medication : \Med`i*ca"tion\, [L. medicatio: cf. F. m['e]dication.] The act or process of medicating.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Medication :  Medication: 1. A drug or medicine. 2. The administration of a drug or medicine. (Note that "medication" does not have the dangerous double meaning of "drug.")



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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