medication

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === medication (countable and uncountable, plural medications) A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient. The administration of medicine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “medication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “medication”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “medication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === decimation == Interlingua == === Noun === medication (plural medicationes) medication, medicine