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Medicate

🔄 Synonyms of "Medicate"

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Word	Definition
medicinenoun	(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Medicate"

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Word	Definition
medicinenoun	(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
drugnoun	(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
processingnoun	(computing) The act of retrieving, storing, classifying, manipulating, transmitting etc. data, especially via computer techniques.
administerverb	(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
automedicateverb	(ambitransitive, medicine) To self-medicate.
self-medicateverb	(ambitransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.
prescribeverb	(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
deliververb	To bring or transport something to its destination.
dispenseverb	To issue, distribute, or give out.
exhibitnoun	An instance of exhibiting.
treatverb	(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
self-administerverb	(transitive) To administer (a medication etc.) to oneself.
doctornoun	A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.
physicnoun	(archaic, countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
dosenoun	A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
injectverb	(transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
præscribeverb	Archaic spelling of prescribe. [(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).]
medicalizeverb	(transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
coadministernoun	(transitive) To administer (a drug, etc.) along with another material.