medication

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/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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

“Have you been taking your medications? [countable]”

Similar
medicinemedicamentmedicinal drug
OriginMiddle English medicacioun ← Middle French médication ← Latin medicātiō →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nounmedication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)

plural medications

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

    Have you been taking your medications? [countable]

    2 more examples

    Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]

    Are you going to be be like this all day? It’s like I’ve not took^([sic – meaning taken]) my medication.

    2019 March 19, The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, season 2, episode 3, Michael Pennington (actor), via Channel 4
  2. countableuncountableThe administration of medicine.

    Such behavior, if it doesn't abate, will necessitate medication and supervision.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
medicinemedicamentmedicinal drug
Broader
drug
Also see
drugmedicamentmedicinepharmaceutical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmedicātiō
  2. Middle Frenchmédication
  3. Middle Englishmedicacioun
  4. Englishmedication

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.

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Translations

Afrikaans medikasie
  • medikasieone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Arabic دَوَاء
  • دَوَاء (dawāʔ)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Bengali চিকিত্সা
  • চিকিত্সা (cikitśa)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Bulgarian лека́рство
  • лека́рство (lekárstvo)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Catalan medicament
  • medicamentone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Chinese Mandarin 藥物 /药物
  • 藥物 /药物 (yàowù)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Czech léky
  • lékyone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Dutch medicatie
  • medicatieone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Esperanto kuracilo, medicinaĵo
  • kuraciloone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicinaĵoone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Finnish lääkitys, lääkkeet
  • lääkitysone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • lääkkeetone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • lääkeone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • lääkintäadministration of medicine
  • lääkitysadministration of medicine
French médication, médication
  • médicationone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • médicationadministration of medicine
German Medikation, Arzneimittel
  • Medikationone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • Arzneimittelone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • Medikationadministration of medicine
Greek φαρμακευτική αγωγή
  • φαρμακευτική αγωγή (farmakeftikí agogí)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Hindi उपचार, औषधि
  • उपचार (upcār)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • औषधि (auṣdhi)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Hungarian gyógyszer, gyógyszerezés
  • gyógyszerone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • gyógyszerezésadministration of medicine
  • gyógyszerelésadministration of medicine
  • gyógyszeres kezelésadministration of medicine
Italian medicazione, medicazione
  • medicazioneone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicazioneadministration of medicine
Latin medicāmen
  • medicāmenone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Malay ubat
  • ubatone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Portuguese medicamento, medicação
  • medicamentoone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicaçãoone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • remédioone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicaçãoadministration of medicine
Romanian medicație
  • medicațieone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Russian лека́рства, медикаме́нты
  • лека́рства (lekárstva)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • медикаме́нты (medikaménty)one or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Spanish medicamento, medicación
  • medicamentoone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicaciónone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
  • medicaciónadministration of medicine
Tagalog paggamot
  • paggamotone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient
Vietnamese phép trị liệu
  • phép trị liệuone or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with medication

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Anagrams

decimation
Cite this entry
APA

medication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medication

MLA

“medication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medication. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medication,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medication.

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