medication

noun
/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

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.

  1. derived from medicātiō
  2. derived from médication
  3. inherited from medicacioun

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at medication. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at medication. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at medication

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA