medicatorn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌkeɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: medicate v., -or suffix 2

Etymology: < medicate v. + -or suffix 2. Compare Middle French médicateur ignorant medical practitioner (1555), post-classical Latin medicator medical practitioner (3rd cent. used figuratively of God, 4th cent. in literal sense).

†a. A person who prepares potions. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft i. 67 The art of a medicator of poisons.

b. A person who provides medical treatment; a person who administers or prescribes drugs or other medication.Earlier in self-medicator n.

ΚΠ

1984 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 15 Nov. b2 A week-old puppy could be given some types of medication, by mouth... It's possible that a careless, heavy-handed medicator might possibly dislocate or fracture a jaw.

1996 S. R. Kandall Substance & Shadow 9 [Women's] unique role as childbearers, child rearers, and child medicators.

1999 Time (Electronic ed.) 31 May Teenage skepticism..may be one of the troubling traits on the medicators' target list.

a. An instrument for introducing a medicinal substance into a body cavity, esp. by inhalation. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1844 D. B. Reid Illustr. Theory & Pract. Ventilation iv. iii. 400 This piece of apparatus was generally termed the Medicator, and in it the air could be filtered from mechanical impurities, influenced in its hygrometric condition, or charged with gaseous chemicals.

1888 N.E.D. at Bronchitis Bronchitis kettle, a kettle with a long tube and a detachable medicator used..for giving a medicated vapour inhalation.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. 780/2 Medicator,..an instrument for carrying remedies into a cavity of the body, as the larynx; an applicator.

b. A device for introducing a drug or other substance into a liquid supply line in controlled amounts (e.g. in automated systems for keeping livestock).

ΚΠ

1994 Avian Dis. 38 350 The medication was administered [to broiler chickens] in the water through automatic medicators for 6 hours on 3 consecutive days.

1997 Newslet. Nova Scotia Dept. Agric. & Marketing (Electronic ed.) Spring All drinking equipment including medicators or proportioners should be properly cleaned between use.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicator
释义	medicatorn. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌkeɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: medicate v., -or suffix 2 Etymology: < medicate v. + -or suffix 2. Compare Middle French médicateur ignorant medical practitioner (1555), post-classical Latin medicator medical practitioner (3rd cent. used figuratively of God, 4th cent. in literal sense). 1. †a. A person who prepares potions. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft i. 67 The art of a medicator of poisons. b. A person who provides medical treatment; a person who administers or prescribes drugs or other medication.Earlier in self-medicator n. ΚΠ 1984 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 15 Nov. b2 A week-old puppy could be given some types of medication, by mouth... It's possible that a careless, heavy-handed medicator might possibly dislocate or fracture a jaw. 1996 S. R. Kandall Substance & Shadow 9 [Women's] unique role as childbearers, child rearers, and child medicators. 1999 Time (Electronic ed.) 31 May Teenage skepticism..may be one of the troubling traits on the medicators' target list. 2. a. An instrument for introducing a medicinal substance into a body cavity, esp. by inhalation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1844 D. B. Reid Illustr. Theory & Pract. Ventilation iv. iii. 400 This piece of apparatus was generally termed the Medicator, and in it the air could be filtered from mechanical impurities, influenced in its hygrometric condition, or charged with gaseous chemicals. 1888 N.E.D. at Bronchitis Bronchitis kettle, a kettle with a long tube and a detachable medicator used..for giving a medicated vapour inhalation. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. 780/2 Medicator,..an instrument for carrying remedies into a cavity of the body, as the larynx; an applicator. b. A device for introducing a drug or other substance into a liquid supply line in controlled amounts (e.g. in automated systems for keeping livestock). ΚΠ 1994 Avian Dis. 38 350 The medication was administered [to broiler chickens] in the water through automatic medicators for 6 hours on 3 consecutive days. 1997 Newslet. Nova Scotia Dept. Agric. & Marketing (Electronic ed.) Spring All drinking equipment including medicators or proportioners should be properly cleaned between use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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