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語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• IPA: /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications)

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

   Have you been taking your medication? [uncountable]

   Have you been taking your medications? [countable]

   • 2019 March 19, The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, season 2, episode 3, Michael Pennington (actor), via Channel 4:

     Are you going to be be like this all day? It’s like I’ve not took my medication.

2. The administration of medicine.

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

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Further reading

• “medication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “medication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “medication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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