medication
/mɛdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1A drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease: he was given medication for pain [count noun]: certain medications can cause dizziness...
- Different medications treating these diseases have been used in clinical trials.
- The physician in charge provided a pharmacy for making up the medications prescribed.
- Nurse practitioners are able to prescribe medications as part of their practice.
1.1Treatment using drugs: chronic gastrointestinal symptoms may require prolonged medication...
- We talk round and round the question of whether to have more drug medication before surgery.
- It is true that older people have a range of health problems requiring medication.
- Jeffrey was described as having a mental age of eight and needed constant care and medication.