self-medicatedadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈmɛdᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈmɛdəˌkeɪdᵻd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, medicated adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + medicated adj. Compare earlier self-medicating adj., self-medication n., and later self-medicate v.

Of a person: that takes or has taken a drug or other remedy without advice from a medical practitioner; (also) that uses narcotics, alcohol, etc., in an attempt to alleviate depression, anxiety, or another condition. Occasionally also of a drug, remedy, etc.: taken without medical advice.

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1890 Hahnemannian Monthly Oct. 666 I had the good fortune of treating 366 acute cases, and 43 cases (chronic) which had been prescribed for by others or were self-medicated with antipyrine, quinine, calomel, [etc.].

1938 W. A. White Puritan in Babylon xxxix. 432 He was what doctors call ‘self-medicated’.

1973 Science 13 Apr. 174 82 percent of the women in the study received prescribed medication and..65 percent took self-medicated drugs.

1983 J. G. Bernstein Handbk. Drug Therapy in Psychiatry xii. 269 (heading) The self-medicated patient: recreational drug use and addiction.

1986 Advertising Age (Nexis) 30 June s4 The Enquirer says many of its readers are self-medicated, getting their health tips from such pieces as the olive oil story and a spate of ads for everything from denture plaque remover to grapefruit pills to lose weight.

2016 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 July (Business section) 12 We're all self-medicated, middle-class zombies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-medicated
释义	self-medicatedadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈmɛdᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈmɛdəˌkeɪdᵻd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, medicated adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + medicated adj. Compare earlier self-medicating adj., self-medication n., and later self-medicate v. Of a person: that takes or has taken a drug or other remedy without advice from a medical practitioner; (also) that uses narcotics, alcohol, etc., in an attempt to alleviate depression, anxiety, or another condition. Occasionally also of a drug, remedy, etc.: taken without medical advice. ΚΠ 1890 Hahnemannian Monthly Oct. 666 I had the good fortune of treating 366 acute cases, and 43 cases (chronic) which had been prescribed for by others or were self-medicated with antipyrine, quinine, calomel, [etc.]. 1938 W. A. White Puritan in Babylon xxxix. 432 He was what doctors call ‘self-medicated’. 1973 Science 13 Apr. 174 82 percent of the women in the study received prescribed medication and..65 percent took self-medicated drugs. 1983 J. G. Bernstein Handbk. Drug Therapy in Psychiatry xii. 269 (heading) The self-medicated patient: recreational drug use and addiction. 1986 Advertising Age (Nexis) 30 June s4 The Enquirer says many of its readers are self-medicated, getting their health tips from such pieces as the olive oil story and a spate of ads for everything from denture plaque remover to grapefruit pills to lose weight. 2016 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 July (Business section) 12 We're all self-medicated, middle-class zombies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1890
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