Medication is medicine that is used to treat and cure illness.
She stopped taking the prescribed medications.
Are you on any medication?
Synonyms: medicine, drug, cure, remedy More Synonyms of medication
medication in British English
(ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
treatment with drugs or remedies
2.
a drug or remedy
medication in American English
(ˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a medicating or being medicated
2.
a medicine; substance for curing or healing, or for relieving pain
Word origin
L medicatio
medication in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(mɛdɪkeɪʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) medications
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
Medication is any drug or preparation that is used to treat and cure illness.
Anti-anxiety drugs are a widely prescribed type of medication for anxiety.
There are many different medications available to treat chronic pain.
Medication is any drug or preparation that is used to treat and cure illness.
COBUILD Collocations
medication
prescription medication
Examples of 'medication' in a sentence
medication
The medication is working at the moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We want people to take their medication when the doctor wants them to.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Users get reminders about when to take their medication and are warned when they are about to run out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She is constantly in a lot of pain and takes so much medication she sleeps most of the day.
The Sun (2016)
It can tend to trigger attacks and it can also reduce the effect of any medication you take for your epilepsy.
The Sun (2016)
She will have to take medication for the rest of her life and return to hospital for biannual check-ups.
The Sun (2017)
If this message is not received, the sensor sends a text message to the patient to remind them to take their medication.
Computing (2010)
In 1985 after months of sobriety, she accidentally overdosed on prescription medication and sleeping pills.
The Sun (2016)
He took some medication, we all take medication, we all get colds and coughs and a touch of asthma.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For similar reasons I wouldn't take any medication to get me through the flight.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Two years of prescription medication has proved ineffectual.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You say your medication is not working.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Except in very exceptional circumstances people cannot be forced to take medication against their will.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Your doc might advise a talking treatment or medication.
The Sun (2012)
One should also take prescription medications into consideration.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
She feared that an overdose of medication would not work.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The doctors who see biochemical changes as the cause argue that nutritional treatment or medication is required.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
Experts attribute a rise in addiction to a surge in the use of prescription pain medication.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
My medication was not working and my body was changing.
The Sun (2013)
In jail she receives neither treatment nor medication for her mental illness.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
We got her over all those issues and she's still without medication and drugs today.
The Sun (2014)
Some over-the-counter drugs and medications cause a rash in people who are allergic to them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And he takes 14 medications per day.
The Sun (2010)
I was nationally embarrassed because of medication and illness.
The Sun (2009)
Thousands more have been hospitalised after suffering harmful side-effects or serious allergic reactions to prescription drugs and other medications.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The chance of having a diagnosed physical condition and of requiring medication to treat it both increase by 60 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Growing numbers of patients taking aspirin and other medications for chronic illness such as heart disease could be fuelling the trend, experts suggest.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A period of stress may do this, as can illnesses or certain medications.
The Sun (2013)
This can be caused by dental problems, some illnesses and medication side-effects.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
medication
British English: medication NOUN
Medication is medicine that is used to treat and cure illness.
She stopped taking the prescribed medications.
American English: medication
Brazilian Portuguese: medicação
Chinese: 药物
European Spanish: medicación
French: médicament
German: Medikamente
Italian: medicinale
Japanese: 薬物
Korean: 약물
European Portuguese: medicação
Latin American Spanish: medicación
Chinese translation of 'medication'
medication
(mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən)
n(c/u)
药(藥)物 (yàowù)
to be on medication进(進)行药(藥)物治疗(療) (jìnxíng yàowù zhìliáo)
(noun)
Definition
a drug or remedy
She stopped taking the prescribed medication.
Synonyms
medicine
herbal medicines
drug
The drug will treat those infected.
cure
There is still no cure for the common cold.
remedy
natural remedies to overcome winter infections
prescription
I'm not sleeping, even with that new prescription the doctor gave me.
medicament
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cure
Definition
a means of restoring health or improving a situation
There is still no cure for the common cold.
Synonyms
remedy,
treatment,
medicine,
healing,
antidote,
corrective,
panacea,
restorative,
nostrum
in the sense of drug
Definition
any substance used in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease
The drug will treat those infected.
Synonyms
medication,
medicine,
remedy,
panacea,
elixir,
physic,
medicament
in the sense of prescription
Definition
the medicine prescribed
I'm not sleeping, even with that new prescription the doctor gave me.