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单词 self-medicated
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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).
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