self-medicator

noun

A person who administers self-medication.

OriginEnglish medicator ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-medicator (plural self-medicators)

plural self-medicators

  1. A person who administers self-medication.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishmedicator
  9. Englishself-medicator

From self- + medicator.

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APA

self-medicator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-medicator

MLA

“self-medicator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-medicator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-medicator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-medicator.

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